INDICTMENT SYSTEM FROM FEBRUARY 2024 TRAFFIC STOP DRUG BUST; SUSPECT FACES DECADES IN FEDERAL PRISON DUE TO PREVIOUS DRUG CONVICTION, MEANING MAN COULD SERVE THE REST OF HIS LIFE INCARCERATED
A Magoffin County, Kentucky man who was arrested back earlier this year after police found several types of drugs in his car during a traffic stop has now been indicted on federal charges.
Daniel L. Jackson, 56, of Salyersville, KY., was arrested on February 7, 2024; after police found more than 100 grams of meth, 8 grams of marijuana and a small bag of heroin after a police dog alerted on his car. The drugs were hidden in a case and a flashlight, which were in turn hidden inside the dashboard. of his car
On Thursday, May 23, Daniel Jackson was indicted by a federal grand jury in Pikeville, KY. on the charges of possession of meth and fentanyl with the intent to distribute.
The charges typically carry a maximum potential sentence of 20 years in prison. However, because he has a previous drug trafficking conviction back in 2013 (which also makes Daniel Jackson a convicted felon), and because the federal charges involve more than 50 grams of meth, those federal sentences could be doubled to up to 40 years in federal prison (which would be a death sentence for Daniel Jackson).
Daniel Jackson is currently free on an unsecured bond, but federal prosecutors have requested a warrant for his arrest on the new federal indictment.
