Gun and Cocaine Bust Lands St. Louis Man Behind Bars

A 33-year-old man from Texas has been sentenced to nine years and two months in federal prison for gun and cocaine possession in St. Louis.

A U.S. district judge handed down the sentence to Montez Jackson, who pleaded guilty in July to two felonies: possession with intent to distribute cocaine base and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

The case began on July 19, 2020, when officers with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police saw an Audi sedan run a stop sign in the Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood. They began following the car, checked the license plate and learned it was unregistered.

The Audi then sped away, running another stop sign before colliding with another vehicle. Jackson left the driver’s seat and ran off, but was caught after a lengthy chase.

Police found a 9mm handgun with an extended magazine and 29 grams of cocaine base, packaged for sale, in the car that Jackson admitted possessing.

Jackson has six prior convictions for drug offenses and two convictions for firearms offenses.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Kourtney M. Bell prosecuted the case, which was investigated by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.

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