FDLE arrests Pensacola gun shop manager, charges him with 129 felonies

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement served the manager of Don's Gun Shop in Pensacola with 129 felony charges Wednesday, according to an FDLE press release.

John Floyd, 57, is charged with 41 counts of grand theft, 81 counts of petit theft, two counts of giving worthless checks, two counts of money laundering, one count of exploiting the elderly, one count of racketeering and one count of organized fraud.

"The investigation began in December 2021 when FDLE received allegations that customers ... had been defrauded through dishonest or deceptive means," the release noted. 

Agents then conducted a search warrant at the gun store where agents "discovered that Floyd, the manager of the store, would take payment from customers for firearms orders but never deliver the product nor grant refunds." 

The release also notes that Floyd would take firearms to sell for customers and then pocket the money.

Investigators allegedly found that between July 2019 and March 2022, Floyd defrauded over 100 customers out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. FDLE served him with his charges in the Escambia County Jail, while he is awaiting extradition to Georgia for a different felony charge.

Floyd is currently held in Escambia County Jail without bond.

Benjamin Johnson can be reached at bjohnson@pnj.com or 850-435-8578