A Tallahassee man has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for gun charges related to shootings in Quincy, according to a news release from federal prosecutors. Sincere M. Perkins, 25, of Tallahassee, was sentenced after having previously been convicted at jury trial of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a machine gun, said John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
Evidence at trial showed how members of the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force found Perkins in a Tallahassee apartment stemming from an outstanding arrest warrant. Perkins was taken into custody, and during a search of the apartment, officers found multiple firearms, including a pistol that had been modified to fire as a machine gun, prosecutors said.
Ballistics from two of the recovered firearms matched shell casings from a shooting that had occurred a month and a half earlier in Quincy, in which two teenagers were shot. Perkins’ DNA was found on both firearms that had been used in the shooting, and a recorded jail call indicated that he was consciously aware of being in possession of the firearms, they said. Perkins was determined to be one of the shooters, according to reports.
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