Repeat Drug Offender Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Cocaine

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 Department officers stopped Johnson’s car for a traffic violation.  Johnson sped off in his car.  While driving through a residential area, he reached speeds of more than 70 miles per hour.  Johnson eventually stopped, left his car, 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.  Johnson was sentenced 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 Department.  Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.