Timothy T. Duax U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa
A Cedar Rapids man has been sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl near a school. D’quon Morrow, 27, pleaded guilty on March 28, 2025, to one count of distribution of at least 40 grams of fentanyl near a protected location.
According to court documents and statements made during sentencing, Morrow conspired with others to distribute fentanyl and cocaine in Cedar Rapids between February and July 2024. In March 2024, he distributed 6.50 grams of fentanyl and fluorofentanyl. The following month, he sold a firearm despite having a prior felony conviction for eluding. In May 2024, he distributed an additional 20.75 grams of fentanyl. In June 2024, Morrow sold 48.60 grams of fentanyl near Madison Elementary School in Cedar Rapids. A search of his residence in July 2024 resulted in the recovery of two firearms, ammunition, and over 1,000 fentanyl pills.
Morrow received his sentence from United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams in Cedar Rapids: “Morrow was sentenced to 135 months’ imprisonment and must also serve an eight-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.” He will remain in U.S. Marshal’s custody until transfer to a federal prison.
Assistant United States Attorney Devra T. Hake prosecuted the case, which was investigated through cooperation among the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the Cedar Rapids Police Department; the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement; and the Iowa Division of Intelligence and Fusion Center as part of the Northern Iowa Heroin Initiative and the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) program.
The case falls under Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), which aims to reduce violent crime and gun violence by coordinating law enforcement efforts with community organizations and setting focused enforcement priorities. The Department of Justice strengthened this strategy on May 26, 2021.
Additionally, this prosecution is part of Operation Take Back America—a nationwide initiative led by the Department of Justice that coordinates resources from OCDETFs and PSN to address illegal immigration issues and target cartels and transnational criminal organizations.
