Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JOPPA JACKSON, age 35, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of powder cocaine.
U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo sentenced JOPPA JACKSON to 78 months imprisonment, followed by 8 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
According to court documents, JOPPA JACKSON, along with codefendants CRAIG JAMES, LAZANDY DANIELS, and LEON JACKSON, JR., conspired to distribute cocaine in the New Orleans area. In 2015, JAMES, who is from Houston, traveled to New Orleans multiple times per month in order to deliver multi-kilogram quantities of powder cocaine to his local customers, including JOPPA JACKSON, DANIELS, and LEON JACKSON, JR. JOPPA JACKSON, DANIELS, and LEON JACKSON, JR. then sold the cocaine to users and other drug dealers in the New Orleans area.
JAMES was sentenced to 156 months imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. LEON JACKSON, JR. was sentenced to 70 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. DANIELS was convicted by a jury and is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 19, 2017.
Acting U.S. Attorney Evans praised the work of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) in investigating this matter. Assistant United States Attorneys Brandon S. Long and Theodore Carter are in charge of the prosecution.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
