An Owings Mills man is headed to federal prison for his role in a drug-trafficking conspiracy, the Department of Justice District of Maryland’s division announced in a press release on Sept. 22.
Adrian Jackson, 42, was sentenced on Sept. 22 in U.S. District Court to three years in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute cocaine. The charges are in connection with a Homeland Security Task Force drug investigation.
According to court documents, in the Fall 2022 the Drug Enforcement Administration and FBI began investigating a drug-trafficking conspiracy involving several individuals, connected to a drug trafficking organization, who were distributing cocaine in the Baltimore area. During the investigation, law enforcement implemented court-authorized wiretaps for several cell phones, conducted surveillance and several undercover controlled purchases of narcotics from Jackson connected to the intercepted wiretap communications.
In April 2024, investigators executed a federal search warrant on Jackson’s Owings Mills residence, officials say. During the search, investigators recovered approximately 212 grams of cocaine, two black digital scales with suspected drug residue, drug packaging material, and approximately $4,796 of illegal cash proceeds linked to cocaine sales. Authorities also recovered a pistol from the home, even though Jackson is prohibited from possessing a firearm due to his status as a felon.
The investigation was led by Homeland Security Task Force, a government partnership dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States and abroad. The Baltimore task force comprises agents and officers from various federal, state and local agencies including the FBI Baltimore field office and Baltimore County Police Department.
—Department of Justice