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Drugs, Gun Lands Gang Leader In Jail For 23 Years
Police Search For Fast Food Robbery Suspect
Last week, a 29-year-old Tampa man was sentenced to more than 20 years in federal prison. He pleaded guilty to the charges of possession of drugs and a gun on June 16, 2020.
District Judge Virginia M. Covington sentenced Craig- ory Reeves to 23 years and 4 months in prison for posses- sion of 13 grams of eutylone with the intent to distribute and possession of a loaded 9 millimeter handgun.
He is reportedly a career of- fender and leader of the Money Power Respect (MPR) gang.
According to information presented during Reeves’s sentencing hearing, MPR was formed in approximately 2007 within the Indian River (FL) Correctional Facility. MPR has since become one of the domi- nant and most violent gangs in the Tampa area. Reeves was
Officers then smelled mari- juana inside, removed Reeves from the car, and searched his pockets with his consent.
Police found approximately 13 grams of eutylone (a con- trolled substance that is simi- lar to MDMA or Ecstasy) inside Reeves’s pockets and three 9-millimeter bullets. In- side the car, officers found Reeves’s bag, which con- tained a loaded 9-millimeter pistol and additional 9-mil- limeter bullets, most of which matched the caliber and brand of the ammunition that had been found in Reeves’s pocket.
Reeves admitted that he had intended to distribute the eutylone and that he possessed the pistol and ammunition to protect himself, his drugs, and his money while engaging in criminal activity, including narcotics trafficking.
ROBBERY SUSPECT
CRAIGORY REEVES
one of the gang’s original seven leaders.
According to the plea agree- ment, on September 5, 2019, Reeves conducted a meeting of MPR members. After he left the meeting, law enforcement officers stopped the car he was riding in for a traffic infraction.
Detectives are currently searching for a man who robbed a local fast food busi- ness. The robbery took place last Thursday night.
According to the Tampa Po- lice Department, the suspect entered the McDonalds, 1520 W. Kennedy Blvd., shortly be- fore 11:30 p.m. Once inside, the suspect demanded that an employee open the cash regis- ter or he would “pop” him. The victim complied with the de- mand because he believed the suspect may have been armed.
But the suspect never dis- played a gun.
The suspect took the money and fled southbound on foot toward Cleveland Street. He is described as a Black man be- tween 5’8” and 5’11” with a muscular build. He had short balding hair and was possibly in his late 20s or early 30s.
Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to contact Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay at 1-800-873-TIPS or online at www.crimestop- perstb.com.
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