Rock Island Man Sentenced to Prison for Drug and Firearm Charges

DAVENPORT, IA – A Rock Island, Illinois, man was sentenced on Tuesday, September 19, 2023, to 60 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine base, and felon in possession of firearms.

According to public court documents, Jaylyn Devell McGhee, 27, brought his son to the emergency room in Davenport after sustaining a gunshot wound outside McGhee’s residence in July 2021. Law enforcement responded to the residence and located heroin and fentanyl in the street where McGhee’s vehicle was parked during the shooting. Officers obtained a search warrant for McGhee’s residence after locating a blood trail to the residence. In the kitchen, law enforcement located distribution quantities of cocaine base and a substance containing heroin and fentanyl. In a bedroom closet, two loaded firearms were located. As a convicted felon, McGhee is prohibited from possessing firearms and ammunition.

Following his term of imprisonment, McGhee was ordered to serve three years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.

United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement. The Davenport Police Department investigated the case.