U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida: Fort Myers Drug Trafficking Organization Leader Sentenced to Life in Prison for Killing FBI Informant and Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine
March 09, 2024
March 09, 2024
TAMPA, Florida, March 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release:
U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Robert Lee Ward (55, Fort Myers) to life in federal prison for killing an FBI informant and conspiracy to distribute cocaine. A jury found Ward guilty of conspiracy to distribute cocaine on February 18, 2022. Another jury found Ward guilty of killing an FBI informant on September 29, 2023.
U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Robert Lee Ward (55, Fort Myers) to life in federal prison for killing an FBI informant and conspiracy to distribute cocaine. A jury found Ward guilty of conspiracy to distribute cocaine on February 18, 2022. Another jury found Ward guilty of killing an FBI informant on September 29, 2023.