Miami, FL – Tyreek J. Clermont, a 24-year-old resident of Boynton Beach, has been sentenced to 90 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for the illegal possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. This sentencing took place yesterday, as announced by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida.
Clermont had pled guilty to the charges earlier this year. The case originated from an incident on October 22, 2023, when a Martin County Sheriff’s Office Deputy conducted a traffic stop on Clermont’s vehicle on South Kanner Highway. The deputy discovered Clermont smoking a marijuana cigarette. A subsequent search of the vehicle revealed a loaded Smith & Wesson 9mm semi-automatic handgun, 31.59 grams of marijuana, a digital scale, and 1.58 grams of dimethylpentylone, a dangerous designer drug.
At the time of the traffic stop, Clermont had prior felony convictions in Florida for robbery, gun, and drug-related crimes. Under federal law, it is illegal for a person with a felony conviction to possess a firearm or ammunition that has been moved in interstate or foreign commerce.
The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Hayden P. O’Byrne for the Southern District of Florida, Acting Special Agent in Charge Gordon Mallory of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), Miami Field Division, and Sheriff John M. Budensick of the Martin County Sheriff’s Office. The case was investigated by the ATF Miami Field Office and the Martin County Sheriff’s Office, and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael D. Porter.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a nationwide initiative aimed at reducing violent crime by bringing together various levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve. PSN was reinvigorated in 2017 to focus on targeting violent criminals and developing locally-based strategies to enhance community safety.
For more information, related court documents can be accessed through the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida under case number 24-cr-14042.
