U.S. teacher jailed for gun smuggling to Trinidad gang
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March 16, 2026
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A former Florida high school teacher, who pleaded guilty last year to purchasing firearms for a Trinidad-based criminal organisation, has now been sentenced to prison in the United States.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 47-year-old Shannon Nicole Samlalsingh of Temple Terrace was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison for conspiracy to make false statements to a firearms dealer.
Samlalsingh pleaded guilty in June 2025.
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