A man accused of framing his wife for drug possession has been sentenced after admitting to the crime. District Attorney Bubba Bramlett of Madison and Rankin Counties said on Tuesday that 47-year-old Kenneth Ray Jackson entered a guilty plea to the transfer of 10 to 20 dosage units of methamphetamine as a non-violent habitual offender.
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WLBT reports that Jackson called the Madison County Sheriff’s Department on June 10, 2024, claiming to be Tony. He told the police that a female Nissan employee would be working that day and was involved in drug distribution.
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But as the investigation progressed, it was found that Jackson had given them a fake identity and neglected to tell the police that the woman was, in fact, his estranged wife.
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The Canton man contacted investigators again while they were looking at his ex-wife’s car and said that her gas cap would contain 23 ecstasy tablets.
Jackson was detained after it was discovered that he had placed a baggie of drugs inside the gas cap.
Jackson was given an 18-year sentence in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections without the possibility of parole.
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