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Markquis Bryant, 48, Indicted on Federal Charges in St. Louis
A 48-year-old St. Louis man has been indicted on federal charges of being a felon in possession of one or more firearms, possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Markquis Bryant, also known as ‘Two’, was previously charged by federal complaint and appeared in court on March 27, 2020, for his initial appearance in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Nannette A. Baker.
According to court documents and statements made in court, investigators with the Florissant Police Department’s Anti-Crime Unit began an investigation into a fatal narcotics overdose that occurred on March 7, 2020. The investigators were able to determine that the victim had purchased illegal narcotics from Markquis Bryant on March 6, 2020.
During the week of March 9, 2020, investigators conducted an undercover operation where an amount of suspected heroin and/or fentanyl was purchased from Bryant at his residence in the 5300 block of Queens Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri.
On March 26, 2020, a federal search warrant was executed by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Florissant Police Department, with assistance from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, at that same residence. While executing the search warrant, law enforcement located five firearms, including a Glock .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol, a Sig Sauer .40 caliber semi-automatic pistol, a Rohm GMBH .22 magnum caliber revolver, a Mossberg International, .22 LR caliber firearm, and an Intratec AB-10 Model .9 mm caliber firearm, as well as an extended firearm magazine and ounce quantities of suspected heroin, fentanyl, and crack cocaine.
Markquis Bryant has prior criminal convictions for Murder Second Degree, Assault First Degree, and Armed Criminal Action from 1990. He also has prior criminal convictions for Possession of a Controlled Substance in 2009, and Assault in the Second Degree and Armed Criminal Action in 2011.
“DEA will target and arrest violent repeat offenders that cause overdose deaths with their poison,” said DEA St. Louis Division Special Agent in Charge William Callahan. “We need to keep hospital beds open during the COVID-19 epidemic. Keeping illegal drugs off the streets is one way DEA is helping our medical professionals during this crisis.”
Key Facts
- State: Missouri
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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