Madison County Man Sentenced for Possessing Gun as a Convicted Felon

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - A Madison County man has been sentenced for illegal possession of a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Catherine L. Crosby.

U.S. District Court Judge Liles C. Burke sentenced Jack Deonte Chapman, 30, of Huntsville, to 46 months in prison. In November 2025, Chapman pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.

According to the plea agreement, on October 11, 2023, officers with the Huntsville Police Department were working on a Huntsville Housing Authority detail at Butler Terrace. Officers observed Chapman sitting in the driver's seat of a vehicle parked in the alley behind a residence on Seminole Drive. Officers ran the tag on the vehicle and discovered that Chapman had been issued a citation for a suspended driver's license and had six active warrants for his arrest. A short time later, officers conducted a traffic stop on Chapman. Officers approached the vehicle and could smell the odor of marijuana. Chapman was asked to exit the vehicle and was arrested. Officers searched the vehicle and found a Taurus G2C PT-111 9mm pistol under the pad of a child's car seat in the back seat of the vehicle.

Chapman is prohibited from possessing a firearm due to prior felony convictions in the Circuit Court of Madison County for receiving stolen property and robbery.

The ATF investigated the case along with the Huntsville Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Davis A. Barlow prosecuted the case.