The Brief
- A former Hillsborough County high school teacher will spend more than a year in federal prison for her role in a gun trafficking scheme.
- Investigators say she bought firearms in Florida and passed them to a Trinidad-based criminal organization.
- Some of those weapons were later found hidden inside punching bags in a shipment intercepted overseas.
TAMPA – A Hillsborough County high school teacher is heading to federal prison after investigators uncovered a gun pipeline tied to a Caribbean crime ring.
Shannon Nicole Samlalsingh, 47, of Temple Terrace, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to make false statements to a firearms dealer.
What we know:…