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TAMPA, Fla. \- A leader of a drug trafficking ring was sentenced to life in federal prison for killing an FBI informant and conspiracy to distribute cocaine. A jury found Robert Lee Ward, 55, Fort Myers, guilty of conspiracy to distribute cocaine on February 18, 2022. Another jury found Ward guilty of killing an FBI informant on September 29, 2023. According to the evidence and testimony presented during the trials, Ward was the leader of a drug trafficking organization in Fort Myers that distributed cocaine in Fort Myers and other locations for over a decade until his arrest in 2018. Read: Ho…

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