Federal charges for a Jamestown teenager are the latest in a string of charges over the past year.

U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced Thursday that Raymond Medina, 19, was charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Donna M. Duncan, who is handling the case, stated that according to the complaint, on the evening of Feb. 28, Jamestown officers were dispatched to an Eighth Street residence for a domestic incident involving Medina. The resident living at the residence has a valid order of protection against Medina from Jamestown City Court. Medina is known to the Jamestown Police Department from several past incidents, which led to the imposition of officer safety alerts.

An officer made contact with Medina, who allegedly immediately became argumentative and began to back away. The officer attempted to detain him, but Medina pulled away and the officer grabbed his hooded sweater and advised him to stop pulling away. Medina refused, yelling “I don’t got nothing bro.”

Medina then pulled away and fled on foot. As a result, the officer deployed his taser with negative results. Officers tracked Medina a short time later and took him into custody. Along the route that Media fled, officers recovered a quantity of suspected methamphetamine, packaged for individual sale.

The complaint is the result of an investigation by the Jamestown Police Department, under the direction of Jamestown Police Chief Timothy Jackson, and the Drug Enforcement Administration, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Frank A. Tarentino III, New York Field Division.

In June, Medina was charged with third-degree assault, second-degree strangulation, third-degree unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and two counts of petit larceny after officers responded to an address on Jamestown’s west side for a reported domestic dispute. Medina allegedly hit and slammed a pregnant woman on the ground and also allegedly choked the woman. Medina then reportedly left the scene in the woman’s vehicle without her permission. He was later caught and charged.

In October 2023, Medina was wanted by police after he allegedly punched an officer after officers saw a vehicle illegally parked and blocking traffic in the area of Superior Street and Forest Avenue. Medina, who police identified as the driver, reportedly refused to move and later refused to provide his driver’s license and registration information. After being told he was under arrest, Medina reportedly “punched and fought with the officer.”

Medina was charged with second-degree assault with intent to cause injury to a police officer and resisting arrest after the incident.