A D.C. man with a lengthy rap sheet has been slapped with a 10-year prison sentence for slinging deadly drugs and packing heat at a local nightclub, law enforcement officials say. Bryan Rice, known as "Ice," 35, will also face four years of supervised release after his stint behind bars, U.S. District Court Judge Reggie B. Walton determined.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Rice trafficked both fentanyl and cocaine base around the 7th and O Streets Northwest area. He took a guilty plea on January 5 for conspiracy to distribute narcotics and weapons charges stemming from a previous conviction.

Court documents reveal that Undercover officers bought drugs from Rice on five distinct runs between October 2021 and March 2022. The authorities nabbed Rice last April when he got into a scuffle at the Rosebar Lounge — a trendy Connecticut Avenue nightspot. There, cops spotted a 9mm Glock 17 in his waistband, rigged with a conversion device turning it into an automatic machine gun.

Rice's criminal history is a laundry list of misdeeds dating back to a 2006 armed robbery. He was popped selling drugs to an undercover officer and had been caught in previous years with a firearm, not to mention attempts to snatch a phone and swiping goods from department stores. In a coincidental twist, Rice was also convicted of cocaine possession in April 2022—the very month authorities collared him for the gun at the nightclub.

His latest downfall was part of a concerted effort by the MPD's Violence Reduction Unit, the FBI Washington Field Office, the DEA, and the U.S. Park Police. The task force focuses on dismantling the most dangerous and violent street gangs that haunt the Nation's Capital. Announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Scott, and MPD Chief Pamela A. Smith confirmed Rice's sentencing in connection with the crackdown. Chief Smith remarked upon the sentence as a necessary step in combating the city's wave of narcotics and weapons-related violence.