A violent career criminal was busted in Central Florida, and Seminole County prosecutors and sheriff’s detectives made special efforts to put him back in prison for good. A Seminole County jury recently found 30-year-old Damiroquan McGill guilty of the enhanced charge of Possession of a Firearm by a Violent Career Criminal based on evidence presented by Assistant State Attorneys Anna Valentini and Jennie Hayes. This is a conviction on that charge mandates a life sentence unless the sentencing judge issues a written finding that it is not necessary to protect the public.
The Central Florida verdict came nearly two years after McGill’s arrest by detectives from the Offender Management and Intelligence Section of the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office. McGill had violated the terms of his probation from one of his prior felony convictions, and the deputies took up positions around a home in Sanford with a warrant to arrest him.
McGill ran when confronted, hopped a fence into a neighbor’s yard, and dropped a loaded 9 mm Smith & Wesson handgun from his waistband as a detective chased him down…