Man given 18 years for framing his ex-wife
CANTON — A man here was sentenced to 18 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to framing his ex-wife for drug possession.
The man, Kenneth Ray Jackson, 47, pleaded guilty to transfer of 10 to 20 dosage units of methamphetamine to his ex-wife and was sentenced to serve 18 years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections without the possibility of parole, according to Madison County District Attorney John K. “Bubba” Bramlett.
According to Bramlett, Jackson was charged as a non-violent habitual offender.
“Kenneth Jackson is no stranger to the criminal justice system. He knew exactly what he was doing when he attempted to frame his estranged wife with a felony amount of drugs,” Bramlett said.
Jackson is a habitual offender, having been previously convicted of uttering a forgery, felonious child abuse, and burglary, Bramlett said.
“He will have to serve every day of his eighteen-year sentence without the possibility of early release,” Bramlett said.
On June 10, 2024, the Madison County Sheriff’s Department received a call from a man identifying himself as Tony.
Bramlett said 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, Bramlett said, the officers quickly became suspicious of Jackson’s claims when they realized that he had given them a false name and failed to inform them 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, Bramlett said.
He was immediately arrested and charged with the transfer of a controlled substance.
Bramlett said other officers located the female working inside the Nissan plant. She consented to a search of her car, and officers retrieved the bag of ecstasy pills.
“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,” Bramlett said. “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.”
She informed the officers that Jackson was her estranged husband, and she had received a protective order against Kenneth Jackson four days prior, Bramlett said.
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.