Davenport Man Sentenced to 200 Months in Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Meth

DAVENPORT, Iowa - A Davenport man was sentenced to 200 months in federal prison today for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

According to public court documents, between June 2022 and February 2023, Eric Eugene Muhammad, 38, distributed methamphetamine in Davenport and Moline, including more than 100 grams of methamphetamine to a confidential informant. Muhammad has three prior drug convictions in Illinois Circuit Court for Knox County and was also on probation in Knox County for an aggravated battery charge at the time of his involvement in this drug distribution offense.

After his term of imprisonment, Muhammad will be required to serve a five-year term 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. This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Springfield Division of the Quad Cities SAFE Streets Task Force, Moline Police Department, and Davenport Police Department.