A Tallahassee man has been sentenced to a third stint in federal prison, prosecutors said Dec. 8.
Deonte Deangelo Hill, 33, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Afterward, he’ll have to serve five years on supervised release.
“This serial offender has demonstrated that the only way our community can be kept safe from his criminal behavior is by keeping him incarcerated in federal prison,” Jack Heekin, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, said in a statement.
According to court records, Hill shot an AK-47 style rifle into the air in the parking lot of the Griffin Heights Apartment Complex in September 2024.
Officers found Hill and the car he used to leave Griffin Heights at a nearby apartment complex where he then fled on foot. After catching up to Hill, they found the rifle on the driver’s-side floorboard and a photograph of the firearm was found on Hill’s cellphone.
Hill has previous federal convictions from 2012 for two counts of distribution of cocaine, for which he served a 15-month sentence, and from 2017 for possession with intent to distribute hydrocodone and cocaine base, for which he served an 7-year sentence, a news release said.
He also has prior state convictions for possession of cannabis with intent to sell, possession of cocaine with intent to sell, and fleeing or attempting to elude an officer, according to the release.
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