A Jamestown resident has been sentenced for selling meth.

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced that 19-year-old Raymond Medina, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, was sentenced to serve 4 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Donna M. Duncan, who is handling the case, stated that on the evening of Feb. 28, 2024, Jamestown Police were dispatched to a residence for a domestic incident where the resident had a valid order of protection against Medina.

When they arrived, officers observed Medina leaving the residence. An officer made contact with Medina, who immediately became argumentative and began to back away. When the officer attempted to detain him, Medina pulled away. The officer advised Medina to stop, but he refused and yelled “I don’t got nothing bro.”

It appeared to the officer that Medina was reaching towards his waistband. Medina then fled on foot. The officer deployed his taser with negative results. A perimeter was set up and officers used footprints in the snow and a K-9 to track Medina, who was located balled up on the ground behind a shed, attempting to conceal himself. He was taken into custody without further incident. Along the route that Media fled, officers recovered a quantity of suspected methamphetamine, packaged for individual sale.

The sentencing is the result of an investigation by the Jamestown Police Department, under the direction of Jamestown Police Chief Timothy Jackson, and the Drug Enforcement Administration, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Frank A. Tarentino III, New York Field Division.