LITTLE ROCK—A Little Rock man who is a self-professed former
longtime gang member who turned toward community activism later in life has
been sentenced to prison on drug and gun charges. On Friday, Chris Alexander,
42, was sentenced to 10 years in prison by United States District Court Judge
D.P. Marshall Jr., after admitting to selling large quantities of marijuana and
possessing guns.
Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District
of Arkansas, announced the sentence. After being indicted on multiple gun and
drug charges on February 6, 2018, Alexander pleaded guilty on January 16, 2019,
to single counts of distribution of marijuana and possession of a firearm in
furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime. His 120-month total sentence includes
60-month sentences on each count, to run consecutively. Judge Marshall also
sentenced Alexander to three years of supervised release.
Alexander, who said in the hearing on Friday that he started
an organization intending on teaching Little Rock youth the dangers of gangs
and violence, admitted that he sold a pound of marijuana to a confidential informant
in 2017. On September 8, 2017, Little Rock Police officers were attempting to
execute an arrest warrant on Alexander when he was found in possession of
multiple rifles and another eight pounds of marijuana. At the sentencing
hearing Alexander told Judge Marshall that he was selling marijuana to help
finance his community youth programs.
The FBI’s GET ROCK Task Force, working in partnership with
the Little Rock Police Department, investigated this case. Assistant United
States Attorney Chris Givens prosecuted the case.
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