United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Arkansas
02/04/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 02/04/2026 11:20
Armed Career Criminal Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm
LITTLE ROCK-Morris Anthony Campbell, who previously served a 46-month federal prison sentence for possession with intent to distribute marijuana and was on supervised release, will spend the next 180 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced the sentence, which was handed down Tuesday, February 3, 2026, by United States District Judge James M. Moody, Jr.
A federal grand jury indicted Campbell, 43, of North Little Rock, in a three-count Indictment for being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. On October 1, 2025, Campbell pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Judge Moody also sentenced Campbell to three years' supervised release. Additionally, Judge Moody revoked Campbell's supervised release from his 2020 federal conviction and ordered Campbell to serve two years in prison concurrent with the 180-month sentence for this conviction. There is no parole in the federal system.
An investigation revealed that on April 3, 2025, law enforcement officers observed Campbell driving a vehicle with fictitious tags and initiated a traffic stop. Upon making contact with the driver, Campbell, officers could smell the odor of marijuana and initiated a search of the vehicle and Campbell. During the search, officers located in Campbell's pants a bag containing a scale, empty baggies, a smaller bag containing pills, and two separate bags containing marijuana. When officers searched Campbell's vehicle, they located in the engine compartment an FN, Model 509, 9mm loaded firearm wrapped in a shirt and previously reported stolen. The magazine inserted in the stolen firearm contained 22 rounds of 9mm ammunition. Campbell admitted to the officers that he was aware of the firearm and the marijuana.
Campbell has at least three prior convictions for a violent felony or serious drug offense and is therefore classified as an armed career criminal. His criminal history includes a February 27, 2020, federal drug conviction where he received a sentence of 46 months in federal prison and five years' supervised release and a 2009 federal conviction for distribution of cocaine base. At the time of his arrest in this case, Campbell was on supervised release for the 2020 federal conviction.
Campbell criminal history also includes a conviction for robbery, convictions for possession of marijuana with intent to deliver, convictions for possession of drug paraphernalia, first-degree terroristic threatening, second-degree terroristic threatening, and third-degree assault on a family or household member.
This case was investigated by the ATF with assistance from the North Little Rock Police Department.
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