Federal Grand Jury indicts Jamestown man on meth charges
BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Jun N. Martinez, 28, of Jamestown, NY, with narcotics conspiracy, possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, maintaining a premises for drug use and distribution, and possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine on premises where an individual under 18 was present and resided. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Joshua A. Violanti and Misha Coulson, who are handling the case, stated that according to the indictment and a previously filed criminal complaint against Martinez’s girlfriend and co-defendant Antasia Babcock, on October 16, 2020, the Jamestown Metro Drug Task Force executed a New York State search warrant at the Wescott Street residence they shared with their children. During that search, law enforcement officers seized one pound of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride, drug paraphernalia, and approximately $62,000 in cash.
The indictment is the result of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Field Division and the Jamestown Metro Drug Task Force, under the direction of Jamestown Police Chief Timothy Jackson.
Antasia Babcock has also been indicted in this case. The fact that a defendant has been charged with a crime is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
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