A federal court in Syracuse issued a 15-year prison sentence to an Ithaca man on Jan. 16, following a drug and firearms investigation by the United States Department of Justice.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Zachary Jackson, 38, made a guilty plea and was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute cocaine; possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
United States Chief District Judge Brenda K. Sannes ordered Jackson to serve an eight-year term of supervised release following his discharge from prison…