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A Jamestown man has been sentenced for his guilty plea involving drug charges.
District Attorney Jason Schmidt announced Monday that 33-year-old Jamal Jackson was sentenced to a total of 6 years in state prison with 5 years of post-release supervision by Judge David W. Foley after being convicted of fourth-degree attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance and fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.
In December 2024, members of the Jamestown Police Department road patrol conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle in which Jackson was a passenger. During the traffic stop, it was determined that Jackson was in possession of a quantity of methamphetamine.
About one month later Jackson was arrested again by the Jamestown Police Department after conducting a traffic stop.
After transporting Jackson to the Jamestown Police Department, officers located over a 1/2 ounce of methamphetamine in the back of a patrol vehicle.
Jackson was indicted by a Chautauqua County Grand Jury in April 2025 for the arrest that occurred in December 2024 and again in June 2025 for the arrest that occurred in January 2025.
In May, Jackson pleaded guilty to both charges. He was sentenced to two and a half years in state prison on the fourth-degree attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance charge and three and a half years on the fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance charge to be served consecutively to each other.
Jackson was sentenced as a violent predicate felon for having multiple felony convictions within a certain period of time.
District Attorney Schmidt would like to thank the Jamestown Police Department for their work on both cases.