PENSACOLA, Fla. ( WKRG ) — A Mississippi inmate serving his second federal prison sentence for drug conspiracy was found guilty of orchestrating drug trafficking in Florida, according to the United States Department of Justice.
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The USDOJ release said that Antoine D. Wilson, 41, who is a current inmate in Mississippi, was found guilty of the following drug-related charges by a federal jury:
- Conspiracy to distribute
- Possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine
- Conspiracy to use a communication facility to facilitate a drug trafficking offense
According to the release, the verdict was made after law enforcement discovered that Wilson was using a contraband cell phone to orchestrate a large-scale cocaine trafficking organization in Northwest Florida from his prison cell.
Wilson is scheduled for sentencing at 9 a.m. on Jan. 2, 2025, at the United States Courthouse in Pensacola, Fla., before Honorable United States District Judge T. Kent Wetherell, II.