George Floyd was arrested nine times from 1997-2007 when he lived in Houston, Four of the arrests were for selling cocaine. He was incarcerated many times and spent more than two years total in various Texas jail and prisons. On May 25, Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis police, setting off a wave of protests and calls for defunding local police departments. Here's his rap sheet.
8/3/97 Arrest (Floyd's 1st Drug Arrest)
Initial charge: Delivery of a controlled substance – less than a gram of cocaine (felony)
Bail bond: $4,000
Outcome: Plea of guilty
Date of judgment: 10/20/97
Sentence: 180 days in Harris County Jail
Time served credit: 29 days
9/25/98 Arrest
Initial charge: Aggravated robbery with a firearm (felony)
*Note: The felony complaint listed a different individual at a different address: Omar Jamal Jett. In the indictment, that name was crossed out in pen and George Floyd’s name was written in.
Bail bond: $30,000
Outcome: Plea of guilty to theft
Date of judgment: 2/11/99
Sentence: 10 months in state jail
Time served credit: 70 days
10/22/98 Arrest
Initial charge: Theft (Class B misdemeanor)
Bail bond: unknown
Outcome: Plea of guilty
Date of judgment: 12/14/98
Sentence: 10 days in Harris County Jail
Time served: 2 days
8/29/01 Arrest
Initial charge: Failure to identify to a police officer (Class B misdemeanor)
Bail bond: $3,000
Outcome: Plea of guilty
Date of judgment: 8/31/01
Sentence: 15 days in Harris County Jail
Time served: 3 days
10/29/02 Arrest (Floyd's 2nd Drug Arrest)
Initial charge: Felony possession of a controlled substance (less than a gram of cocaine)
Bail bond: $5,000 (increased to $15,000)
Indicted: 12/10/02
Outcome: Plea of guilty
Date of judgment: 03/03/03
Sentence: 8 months in state jail
*Note: “Appeal waived. No permission to appeal granted.”
Time served: 92 days
4/23/02 Arrest
Note: date listed on case summary is 1/3/03
Initial charge: Criminal trespass (Class B misdemeanor)
Bail bond: $5,000
Outcome: Plea of guilty
Date of judgment: 03/05/03
Sentence: 30 days
Time served: 87 days
Note: These numbers are correct: 30-day sentence with 87 days time already served
2/6/04 Arrest (Floyd's 3rd Drug Arrest)
Initial charge: Felony delivery of less than a gram of controlled substance (cocaine)
Bail bond: $15,000 (bail was revoked 4/26/04)
Outcome: Plea of guilty
Date of judgment: 7/21/04
Sentence: 10 months in state jail
Note: “Appeal waived. No permission to appeal granted.”
Time served: 109 days
Note: On 3/8/19, Floyd was notified by the Harris County District Attorney that the undercover officer to whom he'd allegedly sold less than a gram of cocaine, Officer Gerald Goines, “has been relieved of duty and is currently under criminal investigation.”
12/15/05 Arrest (Floyd's 4th Drug Arrest)
Initial charge: Possession with intent to delivery a controlled substance (felony)
Bail bond: $10,000
Outcome 1: Order of deferred adjudication – 6 years community supervision (8/17/06)
Outcome 2: Motion for new trail (9/06/06)
Outcome 3: Plea of guilty to possession of cocaine less than one gram
Date of judgment: 09/06/06
Sentence: 10 months
Time served: 31 days
11/27/07 Arrest
Initial charge: Aggravated robbery (felony)
Bail bond: $50,000
Date of grand jury indictment: 3/13/08
Outcome: Plea of guilty to aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon (first degree felony)
Date of judgment: 04/03/09
Sentence: 5 years in state prison
Time served: From 4/14/08 to 4/3/09
