West Tennessee man sentenced to 20 years in prison for federal methamphetamine offense
JACKSON, Tenn. – Jonathan Ray Forrest, 43, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for possessing over 50 grams of actual methamphetamine with intent to distribute. D. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
In June 2024, Forrest was found in possession of 165 grams of methamphetamine, 2.7 pounds of marijuana, 395 grams of mushrooms, 90 Xanax pills, and half a gram of heroin during the execution of a search warrant at his residence in Kenton, TN.
This was Forrest’s sixth felony drug offense involving his illegal distribution of methamphetamine, and he was on probation for the last of his prior offenses when he committed the instant drug offense.
Following his guilty plea to the one-count indictment, United States District Judge S. Thomas Anderson sentenced Forrest to 20 years in prison and five years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant said, “Recidivist drug dealers who profit from the pain, addiction, violence and death caused by methamphetamine deserve significant punishment, and this sentence does just that.”
This case was investigated by members of the West Tennessee Violent Crime & Drug Task Force, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Assistant United States Attorney Josh Morrow prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.
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