Source: Office of United States Attorneys
MIAMI – A felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition was sentenced to 240 months in prison, for attempting to shoot a victim on his front porch and confronting a tow truck driver with a second firearm a week later.
On Jan. 3, U.S. District Court Judge David S. Leibowitz imposed an upward variance of 105 months and sentenced Olivier Ricardy Alexandre, 28, to 240 months in prison. Alexandre previously pled guilty to the two-count indictment, charging him with possession of ammunition by a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.
On Feb. 15, 2023, Alexandre, formerly a track and field athlete, was sentenced to probation in Warren County, Ky., on felony charges related to the trafficking of marijuana. Less than a month later, in Miami-Dade County, on March 13, 2023, Alexandre ran up to a victim, who was entering his home after work, and fired at least 18 rounds of ammunition at the victim without reloading. The Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD) Forensic Services Division linked the shell casings from that shooting to three prior shootings in Miami-Dade County, including an incident on Oct. 9, 2022, when the same victim was shot with the same gun.
On March 21, 2023, officers with the Plantation Police Department conducted surveillance on Alexandre’s home in anticipation of executing a search warrant, when Alexandre ran outside and retrieved a handgun with an extended drum magazine to confront a tow truck driver who was repossessing a vehicle. Alexandre was promptly arrested.
U.S. Attorney Markenzy Lapointe for the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent in Charge Christopher A. Robinson of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), Miami Field Division, Acting Inspector in Charge Steven Hodges of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), Miami Division and Director Stephanie V. Daniels of MDPD made the announcement.
ATF, USPIS and MDPD investigated this case with the assistance of the Plantation Police Department and Broward Sheriff’s Office.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Hayden P. O’Byrne prosecuted the case.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce gun violence and other violent crime, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results. For more information about Project Safe Neighborhoods, please visit Justice.gov/PSN.
Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at www.flsd.uscourts.gov or at http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov under case number 24-cr-20354.
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