TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Theodore Roosevelt Robinson, Jr., a 32-year-old from Tallahassee, Florida, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
The sentence was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. “This is yet another successful prosecution under the Department of Justice’s Operation Take Back America initiative, which has marshalled the full might of the Department to keep our communities safe from the perpetrators of violent crime,” Heekin stated. “Felons, like this defendant, are legally barred from possessing firearms, and my office will continue to aggressively prosecute any and all violations of our laws to deliver the safe streets the citizens of the Northern District of Florida deserve.”
A federal investigation revealed that on or about September 16, 2025, Robinson sold a 12-gauge shotgun during a law enforcement operation. At the time, he was a felon and could not legally possess a firearm due to prior convictions on state charges of possession of methamphetamines, drug trafficking, and attempted armed robbery…