Florida Jury Convicts Armed Career Criminal Anthony Brulewicz on Nine Felony Counts
A federal jury in Orlando found Anthony Joseph Brulewicz, also known as “Tony Montana,” guilty of four drug-distribution counts, four felon-in-possession-of-a-firearm counts and one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. Brulewicz now faces a mandatory minimum 20-year sentence and a statutory maximum of 205 years as an armed career criminal.
insurancejournal.comORLANDO, Fla. — A federal jury convicted Anthony Joseph Brulewicz, 54, of Port Orange on nine felony counts after a trial that concluded June 4, 2026, the Justice Department said.
Brulewicz, who used the alias “Tony Montana,” was found guilty of four counts of distribution or possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, four counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of use, carry or possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime.
The convictions carry a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years and a maximum of 205 years in federal prison because Brulewicz qualifies as an armed career criminal.
The verdict directly affects Brulewicz, who will be sentenced under the Armed Career Criminal Act. Federal sentencing guidelines treat the firearm-in-furtherance count as carrying a mandatory consecutive sentence that cannot run concurrently with the other charges.
The conviction shifts Brulewicz from pretrial status to convicted felon awaiting sentencing in the Middle District of Florida. Sentencing will now be scheduled by the district court; once imposed, the 20-year mandatory minimum will trigger immediate Bureau of Prisons classification and designation procedures that apply to armed career criminals.
Downstream, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida must prepare a presentence investigation report that documents Brulewicz’s prior qualifying violent felonies and serious drug offenses to support the armed-career-criminal enhancement.
The Bureau of Prisons will then assign him to a facility rated for high-security inmates serving long sentences. The case also supplies another data point for federal prosecutors tracking repeat offenders who combine firearms and narcotics trafficking in central Florida.
This conviction is the latest federal armed-career-criminal prosecution in the Middle District of Florida, which has used the statute to impose lengthy sentences on defendants with multiple prior felony convictions involving drugs or violence. The Justice Department identified the case solely through its own charging documents and trial record.
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