HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – A former Hillsborough County high school teacher will spend the next year behind bars for her role in a scheme to funnel firearms to a criminal organization in Trinidad. Shannon Nicole Samlalsingh, 47, of Temple Terrace, was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Judge William F. Jung to one year and one day in federal prison.
The sentence follows her June 20, 2025, guilty plea for conspiracy to make false statements to a firearms dealer.
The case against Samlalsingh centered on “straw purchases,” a process where an individual buys weapons for someone else while claiming the purchase is for themselves…