Bradenton man gets prison in multistate meth shipping case, prosecutors say
A Bradenton man is set to spend the next decade in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy that investigators say stretched from California to Florida.
A federal judge sentenced 25-year-old Tony Marsh to 10 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to his role in a distribution chain that investigators said linked several Florida defendants to a California-based source of methamphetamine, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida.
In addition to Marsh, 57-year-old Hopeton Goslin of St. Petersburg received 20 years, and 46-year-old Colin Zirpoli of Sarasota received 30 months after also pleading guilty, according to federal officials.
The case began in February 2024 when Drug Enforcement Administration agents identified Zirpoli as a suspected meth distributor, investigators said. That led them to Zirpoli’s supplier, Elizabeth Poff, then to Marsh and ultimately to Goslin, according to prosecutors.
Agents found meth in Florida storage unit, prosecutors say
Agents serving search warrants at Goslin’s home and storage unit reported finding more than 45 kilograms of methamphetamine, prosecutors said. Poff, who also pleaded guilty, was previously sentenced to 37 months in prison, according to the Middle District of Florida.
Federal agents continued investigating and identified Goslin’s supplier, Omar Pitter, who they say was shipping cocaine and meth from San Diego using FedEx and UPS. Investigators said that since 2023, Pitter mailed an estimated 34 kilograms of cocaine and 697 pounds of meth to Florida.
Prosecutors said Pitter and two co-defendants, Keona Fulton and Ciarra Guss, were arrested in California. A federal jury convicted Pitter and Guss of conspiring to distribute meth, while jurors also convicted Pitter and Fulton of conspiracy to commit money laundering, according to prosecutors. Their sentencings are scheduled for December.
The investigation was conducted by the DEA, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office, the St. Petersburg Police Department and the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
