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Leader of St. Tammany Parish Cocaine Distribution Ring Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Law Violation

U.S. Attorney’s Office November 12, 2009
  • Eastern District of Louisiana (504) 680-3000

NEW ORLEANS, LA—NATHANIEL JACKSON III, age 23, a resident of Covington, Louisiana, entered a guilty plea today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Jay Zainey admitting that he participated in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, or “crack,” between August 13, 2008, and November 26, 2008, announced U.S. Attorney Jim Letten.

According to court documents, JACKSON, his ex-wife, Destiny C. Route, age 26, Kalic K. Jackson, age 30, Nathaniel Jackson, Jr., age 51, Kendrick D. Chatman, Jr., age 35, and Kenneth D. Davidson, age 30, all residents of Covington, Louisiana, were charged in a 12-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury on April 23, 2009, for various violations of the Federal Controlled Substances Act. JACKSON is the fifth defendant to enter a guilty plea in connection with the case. His Cousin, Kalic Jackson, entered a guilty plea on August 18, 2009, and is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Zainey on January 19, 2010. Route entered her guilty plea on September 8, 2009, and is scheduled to be sentenced on December 8, 2009. Davidson pleaded guilty on September 22, 2009, and is scheduled to be sentenced on December 15, 2009, and Chatman entered a guilty plea on October 20, 2009 and is scheduled to be sentenced on January 19, 2010. JACKSON’s father, Nathaniel Jackson, Jr. is scheduled to stand trial on December 7, 2009.

According to the factual basis, JACKSON admitted today that he was responsible for distributing at least one hundred ninety-two (192) grams of cocaine base. Because of a prior felony conviction for a narcotics offense, JACKSON faces a minimum of twenty (20) years and a maximum of life imprisonment, $8 million fine and a minimum of ten (10) years of supervised release. JACKSON is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Zainey on February 9, 2010.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office, and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Cox of the Violent Crime Unit.

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