CANTON MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAMING EX-WIFE FOR DRUG POSSESSION
Madison County, MS - Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced today that Kenneth Ray Jackson, 47, of Canton, pled guilty to transfer of 10 to 20 dosage units of methamphetamine as a non-violent habitual offender and was sentenced to serve eighteen years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections without the possibility of parole.
On June 10, 2024, the Madison County Sheriff’s Department received a call from a man identifying himself as Tony. He informed officers that a female Nissan employee was dealing large amounts of drugs and would be working that day. Narcotics investigators immediately began investigating his claims by conducting surveillance of her car. However, the officers quickly became suspicious of Jackson’s claims when they realized that he had given them a false name for himself and failed to inform officers that the woman was his estranged wife.
While investigators were observing the woman’s vehicle, Jackson called them back and stated that there would be 23 ecstasy pills in her gas cap. Shortly after speaking with Jackson, the investigator observed Jackson himself pull up to the victim’s vehicle and deposit a baggie of drugs inside her gas cap. He was immediately arrested and charged with the transfer of a controlled substance.
Other officers located the female inside the Nissan plant working. She consented to the search of her car, and the officers retrieved the bag of ecstasy pills. She informed the officers that Jackson was her estranged husband, and she had received a protective order against Kenneth Jackson four days prior. Investigators also found a lengthy history of disturbance calls by the female on Jackson for violent and destructive behavior during their marriage that had gotten more severe after she told him she wanted a divorce.
Jackson is a habitual offender, having been previously convicted of uttering a forgery, felonious child abuse, and burglary. He will have to serve every day of his eighteen-year sentence without the possibility of early release.
“Kenneth Jackson is no stranger to the criminal justice system,” stated District Attorney Bubba Bramlett. “He knew exactly what he was doing when he attempted to frame his estranged wife with a felony amount of drugs. I want to commend the officers who took the time to conduct a thorough investigation and realized that the information that they had initially received was wholly false. The Sheriff’s Narcotics Unit’s dedication to ensuring accuracy in their investigations allowed them to take a guilty man off the streets and make sure an innocent woman wasn’t charged for the pure maliciousness of her hopefully soon-to-be ex-husband.”
Defendant:
Name: KENNETH RAY JACKSON
Date of Birth: 04/17/1978
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