GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Devonn Antwan Sowell, 37, has been sentenced to 15 years in state prison after his arrest in July on firearms-related charges.
On July 3, 2026, Gainesville Police Department officers were called to Carol Estates for a report of an armed disturbance. Sowell was arrested after allegedly pointing a gun at another man and was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was also on probation at the time in two separate 2022 firearms cases.
On September 15, Sowell pleaded nolo contendere to violating probation in both 2022 cases and to the July charge of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Under the plea agreement, the aggravated assault charge was dismissed. Court documents state that the charges carried a possible maximum sentence of 55 years in prison, including a mandatory minimum of three years.
Judge Robert Groeb sentenced Sowell to 15 years in prison for violating probation on a convicted-felon-in-possession-of-a-firearm charge. He also received a concurrent five-year sentence for violating probation on a grand theft charge. Sowell was credited with 1,104 days already served on those sentences.
In a separate probation violation case involving possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, Judge Groeb imposed another 15-year prison sentence. That sentence includes a concurrent five-year term for violating probation on an aggravated assault charge, along with credit for 1,104 days served.
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For the July firearm-possession charge, Judge Groeb sentenced Sowell to 12 years in prison, including a three-year mandatory minimum. He received credit for 72 days served in that case.
All of Sowell’s sentences will run concurrently.