Sarasota Meth Dealer Sentenced To Prison: U.S. DOJ

SARASOTA, FL — A Sarasota methamphetamine dealer has been sentenced to prison time, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release.

Alfred Clayton Rosier, 30, will spend 15 years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of meth and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

He entered a guilty plea on Jan. 18.

The Drug Enforcement Administration, Sarasota Police Department and Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office began investigating Rosier in mid-2021, the DOJ said.

On Sept. 22, 2022, a FedEx representative contacted law enforcement about a parcel suspected of containing drugs in their Manatee County facility. A FedEx employee had opened the box and found black vacuum-sealed bags commonly used to ship and package drugs.

An MCSO deputy took the package from the FedEx facility and during a canine sniff test, the dog alerted to the package, the DOJ said.

The parcel was addressed to a person at an address on McCloud Circle in Sarasota. After getting a search warrant for the package, the deputy opened it and found two wrapped packages that contained eight pounds each of a crystal substance, which tested positive for methamphetamine. DEA agents then conducted a controlled delivery of the suspected methamphetamine.

Later that day, around 7 p.m., a SCSO detective, acting in an undercover capacity, delivered the package to the address on McCloud Circle. Air surveillance saw Rosier outside the home next to a white van from which he retrieved a large box, the DOJ said.

As the SCSO SWAT team approached Rosier, he threw the box back inside the van and jumped into the driver’s seat of a car parked next to it.

He was found sitting on a portion of the label from the delivered package. A small backpack was found in the car, as well. The backpack held a loaded Draco pistol with a 30-round magazine, prescription medication with Rosier’s name, cell phone receipts and another FedEx shipping label for a package sent to California, the DOJ said.

When searching the van and the box that Rosier had thrown inside it, agents found about 22 pounds of marijuana and 647 grams of meth.