PRESS RELEASE
March 17, 2008
Lexington, Ky. —Jerome Philip Dawson, Jr., 27, of Lexington, Kentucky, was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for distributing crack cocaine by United States Senior District Court Judge Joseph M. Hood.
In December 2007, Dawson pleaded guilty and admitted that he distributed 23 grams of crack cocaine to a confidential informant of the Georgetown Police. Shortly after the transaction he was stopped by police and arrested. Police also recovered $1,200.00 in buy money from Dawson.
Under federal law, Dawson must serve 85 percent of his prison sentence, and, upon release, will be under the supervision of the United States Probation Office for four years.
James A. Zerhusen, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and Robert L. Corso, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, jointly made the announcement today after the sentencing.
The investigation was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration. The United States was represented by Assistant United States Attorney Ron L. Walker, Jr.