Davenport Man Sentenced to 260 Months in Prison for Drug and Firearm Offenses

DAVENPORT, Iowa- On September 25, 2019, United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced, Demajor Alexander Nettles, age 26, of Davenport, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 200 months in prison for Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute and 60 months in prison Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Offense. These sentences were ordered to run consecutively. Nettles was ordered to serve four years of supervised release following his prison term and to pay $200 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.

On May 20, 2019, Nettles pleaded guilty and admitted he distributed cocaine base to another individual. He further admitted that during the course of a search warrant executed on his hotel room officers located cocaine base and methamphetamine, a digital scale, packaging material, and a loaded firearm. Nettles admitted that $1,974 dollars in his possession were proceeds from narcotics trafficking.

This matter was investigated by the Davenport Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.