Nashville Man on Federal Supervision Charged with Drug and Firearm Offenses

NASHVILLE -Jacquise Miller, age 27, of Nashville, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for possessing with the intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine, possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes, and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, in violation of federal law, announced United States Attorney Braden H. Boucek for the Middle District of Tennessee.

According to court documents, a federal jury convicted Miller in 2019 of possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute and possessing a firearm to further his drug trafficking. He received over six years in prison for these convictions and was ordered to serve a term of supervised release upon his release from custody. He began his supervision in 2024. In October 2025, officers saw Miller engaging in hand-to-hand transactions and arrested him on an outstanding warrant. When they arrested him, they pried bags of cocaine from his grasp and found a loaded firearm in his pants.

If convicted of the drug offense, Miller faces a maximum of 20 years in federal prison. If convicted of one of the firearms offenses, he faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. If convicted of the other firearms offenses, he faces a maximum of life imprisonment.

This case is being investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. Assistant United States Attorney Ahmed A. Safeeullah is prosecuting the case.

An indictment is merely an allegation. The defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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