Paducah man pleads guilty to meth conspiracy, faces 20-year sentence

FOX23 News at 9 p.m

PADUCAH, Ky., (KBSI) — A Paducah man has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in connection with a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy and agreed to a 20-year prison sentence, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Kentucky.

Antonio D. Jackson, 39, entered the plea April 20 to a four-count superseding indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and distribution of methamphetamine with a co-defendant.

Jackson had been scheduled to stand trial but instead pleaded guilty.

Sentencing is set for July 10, when a federal judge will decide whether to accept the plea agreement.

According to court documents, investigators began examining Jackson and others in March 2024. Authorities intercepted a package containing about 4 kilograms of methamphetamine in Louisville that was addressed to a Mayfield residence linked to Jackson.

Investigators said Jackson later supplied methamphetamine to a co-defendant on multiple occasions in April 2024, with the drugs sold to investigators.

He was arrested shortly after one of the transactions while in possession of additional methamphetamine.

The case was investigated by federal and local agencies, including the Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and sheriff’s offices in Graves and McCracken counties.

Officials said there is no parole in the federal system.