Following high school in 1985, Meade pursued a military career in the army, which ended after he was caught stealing liquor while stationed in Hawaii. He returned to Miami, where he became a celebrity bodyguard — a job that exposed him to long nights, a fast crowd, and a hard life that resulted in several drug convictions in 1994. His criminal record also included several convictions of aggravated battery including one against a police officer.
Then in 1995, Meade’s mother died. Meade slipped into a deep depression and his drug habits increased, leading to more convictions. He moved into the home his mother had left him. He then became homeless after losing the house to foreclosure after he failed to make the mortgage payments. Meade then turned to a precarious life on the streets of Little Haiti.
The biggest blow came in 2001 when Meade was sentenced to 15 years in prison for possession of a firearm by a felon. But Meade served only three years after an appellate court remanded the case back to lower court which did not retry the case.
Once homeless, Miami man earns FIU law degree | The Miami Times | Serving South Florida's African American Community since 1923
Yea, they'd corrupt the angels, in that line of work.
But he was in florida
