Clem Gloster Jr., 37, of Fort Myers, has been adjudicated guilty and sentenced as a Habitual Felony Offender (HFO) to 25 years in prison for drug trafficking.
The defendant was sentenced as follows:
• Trafficking in Dangerous Fentanyl or Fentanyl Analogues – 28 grams or more: Sentenced as an HFO to 25 years in prison and must serve the complete sentence due to a 25-year minimum/mandatory. He is also ordered to pay a $500,000 fine as an HFO.
• Trafficking in Cocaine – 28 grams or more: Sentenced as an HFO to 25 years in prison and ordered to pay a $50,000 fine.
• Trafficking in Amphetamine – 200 grams or more: Sentenced as an HFO to 25 years in prison and ordered to pay a $250,000.
• Trafficking in Phenethylamines – 200 grams or more: Sentenced as an HFO to 25 years in prison and ordered to pay a $100,000 fine.
He was also adjudicated guilty of Driving While License Suspended or Revoked and No Registration and sentenced to credit time served.
Assistant State Attorney Marilla Shoemaker prosecuted the case.
The crime happened in December 2023 when the defendant drove to a home in Cape Coral to deliver drugs. As he pulled into the garage, he opened his car door and unloaded a bag of drugs from the back of his car and put it into the trunk. As he did that, Cape Coral Police Department S.W.A.T. team members placed the defendant under arrest, initially, for driving on a suspended driver’s license.
The drug drop off had been arranged with the defendant through a confidential informant. Law enforcement was on scene and had surveillance cameras in place as the defendant drove up with the drugs.
A search of the defendant’s car uncovered trafficking amounts of Fentanyl, cocaine, amphetamine, and phenethylamines. The drugs were in bags that were placed inside small plastic storage containers which were placed inside backpacks.
Samantha Syoen – State Attorney’s Office Communications Director