Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez
announces the filling of a criminal complaint charging Jack Bradley Rice (35,
Pinellas Park) with possessing with the intent to distribute a substance
containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine and
for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. If convicted, Rice faces a
maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
According to the complaint, between January and March 2020,
Rice, who is a convicted felon, distributed narcotics from a motel in Pinellas
Park. On March 28, 2020, Rice was observed leaving the motel and placing
several bags and a backpack inside his vehicle. A search of his car later
revealed two firearms, fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine. Later that
night, agents executed a search warrant at Rice’s house. From inside a bedroom
wall, they recovered an AR-15 rifle and a one-hundred round drum, loaded with
30 rounds of ammunition. The agents also recovered a bulletproof vest,
fentanyl, methamphetamine, and drug paraphernalia, including a hydraulic press.
A criminal complaint is merely a formal charge that a
defendant has committed one or more violations of federal criminal law, and
every defendant is presumed innocent unless, and until, proven guilty.
The case is part of the Middle District of Florida’s
anti-opioid strategy to combat opioid trafficking and abuse. It was
investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Pinellas County
Sheriff’s Office. It will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney
Diego F. Novaes.
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