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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. 

Eric Matlock, who has a previous state conviction for conspiracy to deliver cocaine, will spend the next 120 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. 

Bertoldo Alcaraz-Ortuno, who was previously convicted for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, will spend the next 136 months in federal prison after being convicted of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. 

April Adams will spend 20 years in federal prison after being convicted of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl resulting in death. 

A Blytheville man involved in drugs, guns, and child pornography will spend the next 20 years in federal prison. 

Jackson Whitt will spend 210 months in federal prison for attempted production of child pornography. 

Troy Moseley, III will spend 27 years in federal prison for his production of child pornography. 

Chauncey Slay, a multi-convicted felon, will spend the next 130 months in federal prison after conviction for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

J. Frederick Braswell, III, who had been convicted in February 2024, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, will spend the next 120 months in federal prison after again being convicted for illegally possessing a gun. 

Lyonel Smith will spend the next 10 years in federal prison after convictions for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of an unregistered firearm. 

West Memphis man involved in a drive-by shooting that left two people severely injured will spend 120 months in federal prison after being convicted by a jury of unlawful possession of a machinegun. 

A Bigelow man convicted by a jury of producing child pornography on four different occasions was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison on December 18, 2025.