Press Release
Lancaster Man Sentenced To 10 Years’ Imprisonment For Trafficking Crack Cocaine
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on December 19, 2017, Senior U.S. District Court Judge William W. Caldwell sentenced Jameil O. Jackson, age 38, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to 120 months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute cocaine base.
According to United States Attorney David J. Freed, Jackson engaged in a conspiracy to sell between 196 and 280 grams of cocaine base, also known as “crack cocaine,” in the Middle District of Pennsylvania between June 2014 and October 2014. Co-defendants Randy Smith, Marc Singleton, Carlos Burgos-Melendez, Benny Jackson, Darnell Jackson and Eric Tittel have pleaded guilty and were sentenced for their roles in this drug trafficking organization.
Jackson has been in the custody of the U.S. Marshals since his bond was revoked on October 28, 2015, at the U.S. Attorney’s Office request.
This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Meredith A. Taylor.
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Updated December 20, 2017
Topic
Drug Trafficking
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