Braddock-based SCO drug-dealing gang member gets 9 years in federal prison

A former Braddock man who was part of a drug-dealing operation was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Pittsburgh to nine years in prison, the U.S. Attorney in Pittsburgh said.

Jaymare Jackson, 30, was identified as being part of the self-titled Braddock street gang, “SCO,”which dealt drugs in the Braddock area, prosecutors said. Jackson was identified as a heroin and cocaine base distributor by authorities, from information gleaned through wiretaps from January through May 2019.

Jackson also illegally possessed two firearms as well as items used to package and distribute drugs.

Senior United States District Judge Arthur J. Schwab also sentenced Jackson to four years of probation after he completes his prison sentence.

Thiry-three other people suspected in the illegal drug trade were indicted by a federal grand jury in June 2019 in three separate, but related indictments, prosecutors said.

In August, three other members of the SCO gang were sentenced by Schwab to prison sentences ranging from 5 to 8.5 years.

Michael Rose, 28, formerly of Pittsburgh, was sentenced to 8.5 years in prison; Kreg Williams, formerly of Duquesne, was sentenced to 5 years and 3 months; and Marvin Porter, 49, formerly of Allison, was sentenced to five years.

In May, Schwab sentenced Keenan Williams, age 22, formerly of Duquesne, to four years in prison and Reginald Brown, age 29, formerly of East Pittsburgh, was given a six-year prison sentence for dealing drugs in the Braddock and North Versailles area.

Like in the case of Jackson, the arrests of the five men were the result of an investigation by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force.

The FBI lead the investigation that included the Drug Enforcement Administration and other federal agencies, as well as the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office, county police, state police, Pittsburgh police and the Monroeville, Penn Hills and Wilkinsburg police departments.