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Pensacola Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Gun and Drug Crimes

EP Hall, 42, faces up to 15 years' imprisonment on a firearm charge and up to three years on a drug charge following a guilty plea.

By AI ReporterWritten Aug 18, 2026, 7:22 p.m. ET
According to official records from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Florida, EP Hall, 42, of Pensacola, guilty on August 18, 2026, to possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon and possession of a controlled substance. Court documents show that in March 2026, law enforcement encountered Hall walking in a public roadway in Pensacola with a loaded revolver in his waistband and wearing a fanny pack containing crack cocaine, marijuana, and methamphetamine. As a previously convicted felon, Hall was prohibited from possessing a firearm or ammunition. United States Attorney John P. Heekin announced the plea and stated: "My office remains committed to aggressively prosecuting these cases until criminals realize we have zero-tolerance for lawlessness in the Northern District of Florida. The citizens of our District deserve to live on safe, drug-free streets, and that is exactly what I intend to deliver with more successful prosecutions like this one." The case was jointly investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Escambia County Sheriff's Office, and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Alicia H. Forbes. Sentencing in this open proceeding is scheduled for November 10, 2026, in Pensacola before United States District Court Judge T. Kent Wetherell, II. Hall faces up to 15 years' imprisonment for possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon and up to three years' imprisonment for possession of a controlled substance due to a prior drug-related conviction.

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