
06/26/2024
On June 21, 2024, a jury found Jackie Lee Miller, 63, of Ironton, Ohio, guilty of trafficking in drugs, a felony of the first degree. On June 26, 2024, Honorable Judge Andy Ballard sentenced Miller to eight to twelve years in prison. This investigation began in May of 2023 during Project Bridge, which is an operation coordinated by the Lawrence Drug & Major Crime Task Force to connect those with substance abuse disorders with treatment and to arrest those who traffic in drugs.
During the investigation, Officers from the Ironton Police Department stopped a vehicle and located methamphetamine from an occupant of the vehicle. The source of the methamphetamine was determined to be Jackie Miller. Officers from the Task Force, Ironton Police Department, and Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office worked together to complete a controlled buy of approximately one ounce of methamphetamine from Miller. Officers executed a search warrant at the residence where the controlled buy occurred. However, Miller had left before the ex*****on of the search warrant. The case against Miller was presented to a grand jury, and an indictment was returned against Miller, who was arrested in Greenup County, Kentucky, on December 8, 2023, by members of the Fade Drug Task Force.