The Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board announced the law license for Matthew Taylor Morris’ has been revoked after the former Portsmouth prosecutor pled guilty to federal drug charges on Sept. 24.
13 News Now reported Morris resigned from his position as assistant commonwealth’s attorney for Portsmouth on Sept. 6 amid proceedings in the federal drug conspiracy case.
Morris admitted to his role in an operation the feds refer to as the Rogers Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO), federal documents show.
In 2021, Morris introduced Donald Thomas Rogers, a 35-year-old Portsmouth man to Nicholas Cameron Capehart, a 30-year-old from Norfolk. Capehart and Rogers were both in the THC business, and Morris admitted he made the connection thinking Capehart would supply Rogers. But they discovered that Rogers was actually moving larger quantities than Capehart, so Rogers began to supply him, Morris, and others, the documents show.
Morris also referred customers, including his legal clients, to Rogers for the illegal purchase of THC products, said a statement from US Attorney Jessica Alba’s office.