Arcadia Man Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearm Possession
Jacque Pierre Young, a 30-year-old resident of Arcadia, Louisiana, has been sentenced to 324 months (27 years) in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime. The sentence will be followed by five years of supervised release.
The case was investigated by the DEA and the Lincoln Parish Narcotics Enforcement Team, who obtained a search warrant for an apartment on East California Avenue in Ruston, Louisiana, based on evidence they had obtained. When officers arrived at the house, they found Young in a bedroom in the apartment. Inside that bedroom, agents found a total of 80 grams of methamphetamine, as well as 54 grams of crack cocaine. A loaded EAA Girsan MC28 9mm handgun was also located in an open storage bin in the bedroom.
The narcotics were submitted to the DEA lab for testing and the results indicated the methamphetamine to be 97% pure and the crack cocaine to be 54 grams of cocaine base. Young admitted that the drugs and firearm belonged to him and that he intended to sell the drugs. He pleaded guilty to the charges on February 2, 2023. Assistant U.S. Attorney William Gaskins prosecuted the case, which resulted in Young's lengthy prison sentence.