Tangipahoa Parish Man Sentenced Drug and Firearms Charges

U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that on June 26, 2019, James Jackson (35) of

Hammond,was sentenced to serve 73 months in federal prison on gun and drug charges. Jackson pled guilty on December 6, 2018 to distribution of cocaine base (“crack”) and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

Jackson was arrested by members of the DEA Task Force and Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Deputies after law enforcement officials made controlled purchases of cocaine and heroin from Jackson and his co-defendant, Jerry Pea.

Co-defendant Pea is scheduled to be sentenced on September 11, 2019. Pea faces a sentence of five to forty years on the drug counts and a consecutive five years on the firearm charges to which he has pled guilty.

“As Sheriff of Tangipahoa Parish, I am proud to partner with the local DEA Office and its agents to target drug dealers ruining the lives of people in our Parish. This is just one example of how combining our efforts with DEA and other local partners, such as Hammond Police Department, can help take drug dealers off our streets”, said Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards.

U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser praised the work by the Drug Enforcement Administration (D.E.A.) and the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office in investigating this matter.  Assistant United States Attorney Maurice Landrieu is in charge of the prosecution.