OLDSMAR, Fla. – Sean Peter Brewer, 36, Oldsmar, was sentenced to seven years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Brewer entered a guilty plea on September 1, 2023.
According to court documents, on November 11, 2022, officers from the Clearwater Police Department (CPD) responded to a gas station on Gulf to Bay Boulevard in Clearwater after receiving a report that a man was unresponsive in the driver’s seat of a vehicle parked at a gas pump.
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CPD and the Clearwater Fire Department discovered Brewer unconscious behind the wheel of his car.
After emergency services assessed Brewer, CPD officers administered a field sobriety test, which Brewer failed.
Officers arrested Brewer for driving under the influence and conducted a search incident to the arrest.
That search revealed a backpack containing a scale with clear plastic baggies consistent with narcotics distribution, marijuana, multiple types of pills, 61 grams of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine, a loaded Smith & Wesson M&P 9 Shield pistol, and a “Cash App” debit card with the name “$seanbrew87.”
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At the time of the incident, authorities say Brewer had a previous felony conviction for unlawful use of a two-way communication device. As a convicted felon, he is prohibited from possessing a firearm or ammunition under federal law.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Clearwater Police Department investigated this case. Assistant United States Attorneys David W.A. Chee and David P. Sullivan prosecuted it.
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