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Escambia Man Gets 25 Years For Burglary, Choking Police Dog

An Escambia County man is headed to state prison on burglary related charges.

Marcus Lawaun Bryant was sentenced  by Judge Gary Bergosh to 25 years in state prison with a minimum mandatory sentence of three years. Bryant plead straight up to the court to burglary of an unoccupied dwelling, burglary of an occupied dwelling, attempted burglary of an unoccupied dwelling, burglary of an unoccupied structure, dealing in stolen property, grand theft, petit theft, possession of firearm by a convicted felon, resisting officer without violence, criminal mischief, and battery upon a police dog.

On April 15, 2012, Victim Jill Jones called the Pensacola Police Department to report that her home had been burglarized and she saw Defendant Bryant in possession of her bicycle a short distance from her home. Officer David Rogers and his police dog, Darek, arrived at the scene, they saw Defendant Bryant on the bicycle, but when he  attempted to flee the area, Bryant wrecked the bicycle. At that time, Officer Rogers and K-9 Darek struggled with Defendant Bryant and Bryant grabbed K-9 Darek by the neck and tried to choke him.

Bryant was taken into custody and charged with burglary, theft, causing harm to a police animal and resisting an officer. He had other outstanding warrants for burglaries, grand theft, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, and dealing in stolen property. He had taken over $30,000 worth of jewelry from several homes in the area. He pawned many of the items to various pawn shops in Pensacola.