Fort Myers convict sent to prison for almost 5 years in drug, gun case

Ronald Dale Perkins, 45. (CREDIT: Lee County Sheriff’s Office)

A 45-year-old Fort Myers man has been sentenced to almost five years in federal prison for selling an undercover agent a gun and drugs.

Ronald Dale Perkins will spend four years and nine months in federal prison, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Perkins pleaded guilty in September.

The press release states Perkins, a nine-time convicted felon, was arrested in April after selling a sawed-off .410 caliber shotgun and methamphetamine to an undercover ATF special agent.

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