A 67-year-old Warren, Arkansas resident, Jennie L. James, has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison for maintaining a drug-involved premises. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, James, who pled guilty to the charge, will also face three years of supervised release and is required to pay a $100 mandatory special assessment fee.
James assisted her son, Jerad M. Barrett, in using her home for growing and distributing marijuana. Court documents revealed intercepted communications between James and Barrett about the narcotics' distribution and movement in the Eastern District of Louisiana. During the operation, agents recovered 940 kilograms of marijuana stored in plastic containers and barrels at the residence and storage units, as reported by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
James was sentenced following a major drug trafficking investigation involving the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Louisiana State Police, Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, and Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office. The case, prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Lynn E. Schiffman of the Narcotics Unit, was publicly detailed by Shane M. Jones, Public Information Officer for the Eastern District of Louisiana, as stated by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
