Illegal possession of ammunition leads to 15-year prison sentence for North Little Rock man

LITTLE ROCK—Terell Davis, a multi-convicted felon, will spend the next 15 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of ammunition. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced the sentence, which was handed down on Thursday by United States District Judge Billy Roy Wilson.
On Feb. 20, 2024, Davis, 40, of North Little Rock, Arkansas, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of ammunition. Judge Wilson also sentenced Davis to three years supervised release. Davis was indicted on February 7, 2023, in a superseding indictment on one count of being a felon in possession of ammunition.
An investigation revealed that while investigating a shooting incident, on August 9, 2022, officers from the North Little Rock Police Department executed a search warrant on Davis’s residence in North Little Rock, Arkansas. During the search, officers recovered .45 caliber, .40 caliber, .410 caliber, .38 caliber, .357 caliber, 7.62x39 caliber, .223 caliber, and 9mm ammunition, along with multiple 50-round drum magazines.

Davis was on parole at the time of the offense and has prior convictions for manslaughter, possession of cocaine with intent to deliver, battery in the first degree, fleeing in a vehicle causing danger, and possession of cocaine with purpose to deliver.
The investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with assistance from the North Little Rock Police Department.