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Operation Anything For A Buck Suspect Convicted
August 16, 2013
A man arrested during the “Anything for a Buck” undercover operation in 2011 has been convicted.
Erick Anthony Fluker was convicted of trafficking in illegal drugs by an Escambia County Jury. He faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 25 years in state prison when he is sentenced September 19 by Judge Jan Shackelford.
Fluker was arrested during the undercover “Operation Anything for a Buck”. The storefront was an eight-month operation between the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, and other law enforcement agencies along with the First Circuit State Attorneys Office.
The operation recovered over 270 firearms, as well as drugs and stolen property ranging from jewelry, tools, cameras, and other electronic devices. A total of 75 people were arrested in connection with the undercover operation.
Prosecutors said Fluker went into the undercover storefront on June 22, 2011, and sold hydrocodone pills to undercover officers.
Fluker is awaiting trial in four more cases associated with the undercover operation. In those pending cases, he faces two 25-year minimum mandatory sentences, one 15-year minimum mandatory sentence and an additional three-year minimum-mandatory sentence.
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2 Responses to “Operation Anything For A Buck Suspect Convicted”
Great job by the State Atty’s Office
I’m all for stiff sentences, but then you get criminals that have murdered, raped and molested children that don’t get as much total time as this guy is facing. That part I don’t understand. It does pain me that this guy will get almost free medical care and be a lay about at the taxpayers expense for life. And how much does it cost per inmate each year? Figure 40k x 25 years at the minimum. That’s quite an investment in someone worth so little.