The US Attorney’s Office Middle District of Florida Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced that Michael Wayne Burroughs (46, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of pure or actual methamphetamine. Burroughs faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
According to court documents, in 2022, federal agents began investigating Burroughs’s drug trafficking activity. Agents purchased pure methamphetamine from Burroughs at his residence in Jacksonville on three separate occasions using a confidential source. In 2023, agents identified one of Burroughs’s methamphetamine suppliers as Devan Hall. Between April and June 2023, agents observed Hall and Burroughs conduct multiple drug transactions in Jacksonville. In July 2023, agents arrested Burroughs and Hall on criminal complaints.
Hall pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of pure or actual methamphetamine. On January 8, 2024, he was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.