Leondraie Antwarn Johnson, Cocaine Trafficking, Iowa 2025

A man who possessed cocaine that he intended to distribute was sentenced today to more than 15 years in federal prison.

Leondraie Antwarn Johnson, age 36, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a December 29, 2025, guilty plea to one count of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance after a conviction for a felony drug offense.

On September 13, 2024, Cedar Rapids Police officers stopped Johnson's car for a traffic violation. Johnson sped off in his car, reaching speeds of more than 70 miles per hour, and tried to elude officers on foot.

Before officers were able to catch Johnson, he placed a bag containing cocaine and marijuana in a yard waste receptacle. Officers, using a police dog, found the bag that Johnson hid.

At the guilty plea, Johnson admitted he intended to distribute the cocaine. Johnson was previously convicted of two different felony controlled substance offenses.

Johnson was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams to 188 months' imprisonment. He must also serve a six-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.

Johnson is being held in the United States Marshal's custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Adam J. Vander Stoep and was investigated by the Cedar Rapids Police.

For more information, visit the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndia/pr/repeat-drug-offender-sentenced-federal-prison-trafficking-cocaine