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Three Years In Prison For McDavid Man That Sold Gun For $40 In Marijuana
March 10, 2011
A McDavid man was sentenced to three years in state prison Wednesday for selling a firearm to a 16-year old in exchange for $40 in marijuana, eventually leading to a shot being fired into a deputy’s tire.
David Dewayne Simmons, 49, was sentenced by Judge Ronald Swanson to three years in state prison for selling a firearm to a minor and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
In July, 2010, Simmons sold a .22 caliber handgun to Ladarrious Tamiraye Lett, 16, of Ivey Street, Century. Lett was later found guilty of possession of a firearm by a convicted delinquent under 24 years of age, tampering with evidence and culpable negligence. Lett was sentenced to nine months in the county jail.
The incident began at 3:23 a.m. on July 14, 2010, when Deputy Scott Rivkin conducted a traffic stop on a black Eagle Talon with no headlights near North Century Boulevard and Henry Streets. The driver of the vehicle was given a warning for failing to use his headlights. Lett was the passenger in the vehicle. Both left the area.
About five minutes later, Rivkin was traveling on North Century Boulevard in the same area as the traffic stop when when he heard what he believed to be a gunshot. Upon investigation, he discovered a .22 caliber pistol in the middle of North Century Boulevard. When the right rear wheel of the deputy’s cruiser rolled over the weapon, it had fired a round, flattening the tire. Next to the revolver, the deputy discovered one empty shell casing and five live rounds of ammunition.
While Deputy Rivkin was still parked on North Century Boulevard, he noticed the driver from the previous traffic stop and Lett approaching him on foot. The two were separated and questioned as the Flomaton Police Department responded for backup.
The driver told authorities that Lett had dropped the gun out of the vehicle’s window just prior to the traffic stop and that the pair had returned to the area to retrieve the gun. The 16-year old told deputies that he had purchased the gun from Simmons with a $40 bag of marijuana, and he provided a bill of sale. Lett admitted to dropping the gun out of the vehicle window, according to his arrest report.
Lett was originally charged as a juvenile in connection with the incident, but he was tried and convicted as an adult in Escambia County Circuit Court.
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17 Responses to “Three Years In Prison For McDavid Man That Sold Gun For $40 In Marijuana”
REGARDING:
“and last, giving a KID A GUN,”
not just that but a drug dealer kid. After all, people who buy and sell things in drugs are drug dealers. He didn’t destroy the kid’s innocence, but he did better arm a drug dealer. That could be dangerous as shown by how the gun shot out a deputy’s tire.
David meditating
on maturity and malice
first of all..there is a reason why they are called dumb criminals…they are dumb.
second…this guy has been in trouble all his life and so has his brothers… so three years is nothing to him. he should have gotten more time.
and last, giving a KID A GUN, shows the courts what type of person he is they should’ve made an example out of him to let others know doing a crime don’t pay and doing a crime that involves a child will put you away for a long long time.
Weapons, drugs, and stupidity does not go well together. Maybe now he has some time off from society and his enviroment he will get clear minded to stop and realize what he has done and not d it again. I hope. A man his age kew better than to combine all those things together. So, it sounds to me like he got what he earned.
I agree with oversight. He got off way too easy in this situation!
What I meant by my comment was that he sold the gun for marijauna most likely because he wanted to smoke it…if he had just bought it with cash this never would’ve happened.
And we wonder what is wrong with our youth. This guy reeks of evil.
A bill of sale? Really? So the gun-for-weed transaction got a bill of sale….
… bet he pays taxes on the LLC he sells weed from….
This is a strange little story right here…
First note this;
Upon investigation, he discovered a .22 caliber pistol in the middle of North Century Boulevard. When the right rear wheel of the deputy’s cruiser rolled over the weapon, it had fired a round, flattening the tire. Next to the revolver, the deputy discovered one empty shell casing and five live rounds of ammunition.
Then check this out:
“. The 16-year old told deputies that he had purchased the gun from Simmons with a $40 bag of marijuana, and he provided a bill of sale.”
A bill of sale! So he wrote out a bill of sale on this gun-for-weed-to-a-kid transaction… You can not make this stuff up.
That’s a very light sentence. He should have got that just for being a convicted felon with a firearm and another 10 for trading it to a ladarrious for weed.
The judge should have given him 20.
49 years old huh? That guy looks to me to be about 60.
Some people just ignore the law thinking that
it pertains to just other people.
WRONG !!!!!
REGARDING:
“Guy gets 3 years for wanting to smoke ol’ Mary”
More like 3 years for selling a pistol to a minor, not even your smartest minor
David for truth in sentencing
This guy is from McDavid.
I think I might know this guy from 25 years ago. Is he originally from Milton?
He produced a bill of sale? LOL
Guy gets 3 years for wanting to smoke ol’ Mary…too bad. Maybe next time he will go about the usual way and just buy it with cash.