Raheem Lavontae Bryant, Crack Cocaine Distribution, Florida 2016

Tampa Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Charges

A Tampa man has pleaded guilty to distributing crack and powder cocaine, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida.

Raheem Lavontae Bryant, 23, pleaded guilty to five counts of distributing crack and powder cocaine. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 5 years, up to 40 years, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.

Between December 2015 and January 2016, Bryant sold crack and powder cocaine to undercover detectives from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office on five separate occasions. The transactions took place in the parking lots of various businesses in Tampa and Thonotosassa.

This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Taylor G. Stout.

This case is part of the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative (CAGI), which aims to reduce criminal gangs, violent crime, illegal drugs, and guns through combined enforcement, prosecution, prevention, and re-entry efforts.

According to court documents, Bryant sold crack and powder cocaine to undercover detectives on five separate occasions between December 2015 and January 2016. The transactions took place in the parking lots of various businesses in Tampa and Thonotosassa.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office investigated the case, and Assistant United States Attorney Taylor G. Stout is prosecuting it.

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