Tangipahoa Parish Man Sentenced on Federal Drug and Firearms Charges

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today that JERRY PEA, age 43, a resident of Hammond, Louisiana, was sentenced on October 23, 2019 to serve a total of 138 months in federal prison for violations of the Federal Controlled Substances Act and the Federal Gun Control Act.   

PEA and his co-defendant, James Jackson, were indicted by the Federal Grand Jury back on July 12, 2018.  This indictment was the result of a drug investigation that was led by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office and the Hammond Police Department.

Defendant James Jackson pled guilty as charged and was sentenced to serve 73 months in federal prison back on June 26, 2019.

Defendant PEA was sentenced to serve 78 months for participating in a conspiracy to distribute both heroin and crack cocaine.  He was also sentenced to serve an additional 60 months for possessing a firearm in furtherance of his drug trafficking activities.  His total sentence was 138 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release once he is released from prison.

Assistant United States Attorney Maurice Landrieu is in charge of the prosecution.