A Central Florida armed drug trafficker with a machine gun was sentenced.
31-year-old Michael Devante Curry, of Tampa, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle to 60 years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, possession of a machine gun in furtherance of drug trafficking, and two counts of possession of a firearm or ammunition by a convicted felon. The court also ordered Curry to forfeit the firearms and assorted rounds of ammunition used in the commission of the offense.
According to the evidence presented at trial, from at least January through June 2025, Curry conspired with others to possess methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl, and marijuana. On June 1, 2025, officers from the Tampa Police Department executed a search warrant at a residence and found Curry hiding in a kitchen cabinet with fentanyl in his pocket and more than $3,000 in cash. Ultimately, officers located nine firearms, including one equipped with a machine gun conversion device that rendered it a fully automatic weapon. They also seized methamphetamine, crack cocaine, oxycodone pills, an assortment of ammunition, a bullet proof vest, and firearm accessories, including drum magazines…