A federal jury has found a former Brevard County football coach guilty on drug trafficking and firearm charges, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Monday.
- Brevard man, 36, found guilty on federal charges
- Benjamin Jenkins was Titusville football coach
- Sentencing is scheduled for May 15
Benjamin Jenkins, 36, of Mims, was found guilty of distributing and possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute it, possessing a firearm in furtherance of the drug-trafficking crime and using a telephone in committing the drug offense, a news release states.
Jenkins, who was a Titusville High School football coach and Brevard County teacher's aide at the time of his arrest, faces a minimum mandatory sentence of five years and a maximum of life in prison.
According to testimony and evidence presented at the trial, Jenkins sold 28 grams of cocaine to a confidential information for $1,300 on Oct. 11, 2015, in the parking lot of a Titusville Wal-Mart.
Jenkins sat in his car, counted the money for the cocaine and had a Springfield Arms .40-caliber semi-automatic pistol in his lap, a news release states.
The transaction was reportedly arranged over Jenkins' cellphone.
Jenkins was indicted Nov. 22, 2016. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for May 15.