DAVENPORT, Iowa - A Moline man was sentenced on June 16, 2026, to 15 years in federal prison for distributing crack cocaine, and two additional years in federal prison for violating his terms of supervised release.

According to public court documents and evidence presented at sentencing, Donell Jamar Hines, 37, distributed approximately three and a half ounces of crack cocaine between March and April 2025. At Hines' Moline residence, law enforcement found distribution quantities of fentanyl, crack cocaine, and marijuana. Lab testing showed that some of the crack cocaine attributed to Hines contained fentanyl.

Hines has two prior drug convictions in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. In 2016, Hines was convicted possessing distribution quantities of crack cocaine and heroin and distributing heroin and sentenced to four years in federal prison. Hines was released from prison in December 2018. In September 2019, Hines was arrested in possession of distribution quantities of crack cocaine, cocaine, and heroin. In 2021, Hines was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison. Hines was released from prison in July 2024. Hines was on federal supervised release when he was arrested in 2025. The Court sentenced Hines to a 24-month consecutive sentence.

After completing his term of imprisonment, Hines will be required to serve an eight-year term of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.

United States Attorney David C. Waterman of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement. The Davenport Police Department investigated the case.