The charges against Jones arose out of his actions, June 19, 2014, when a car he was riding in was stopped for running a stop sign. The Maryland State Police noticed a suspicious interaction between the front seat passenger and Mr. Jones. The facts at trial revealed Jones had $1,004.00 in his pocket and was seated next to a digital scale. Various bags of fentanyl, xanax, and marijuana were found in the Defendant’s possession.
On February 20, 2015, Jones was sentenced as a subsequent offender, having been previously convicted of possessing heroin for distribution in 2010. He was sentenced as a second time offender to a total of 35 years of incarceration--the first 10 years to be served without the possibility of parole. (Note: the Court did not suspend any portion of the Defendant’s sentence).
Wicomico County State’s Attorney Matthew A. Maciarello commended the Maryland State Police and the Salisbury Police Department for working in tandem to secure this conviction of a repeat narcotics dealer. The State’s Attorney’s Office believes this to be an important conviction. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Fentanyl is 80-100 times more potent than morphine and is roughly 15-20 times more potent than heroin. The combination of fentanyl and heroin has been a factor in many overdose deaths in Maryland and throughout the country. Mr. Maciarello also thanked the citizens of Wicomico County and Safe Streets Prosecutor, Richard J. Brueckner Jr., who prosecuted this case.
For more information or for an interview please call the Office of the State’s Attorney at (410) 548-4880 or go to www.wicomicosao.com.
I was there at court watching this trial. These facts aren't accurate at all. The car was stopped for stopping on a white line. No drugs were found in his possession but in the pants of a girl. The driver of the car wasn't there to testify or even charged. This man was convicted because his money was sorted in order and had a past conviction of drugs. Not to mention the 11 white jurors one black and a black alternate. And his public defender Sandra freid is a joke. A real lawyer would've busted this out of the water. And finally the judge who retires in a couple months Honorable Jackson....never took his eyes off the computer. An objection was yelled and a huh what over ruled without explanation. The law failed this man. He was convicted of assumptions and not facts. Oh the scales weren't on him either. In a closed box in a missing drivers car. Not saying he wasn't a dealer. Probably was. But the law failed in this case.
ReplyDeletebreak the law, go to jail
ReplyDelete457. Hahaha. Who cares. Im sure he was a perfect angel, and youre probably one of his babies momma who is going to miss all that drug money he made. God Bless Judge Jackson and the cops that got this loser off the streets!
ReplyDelete4:57 Why don't you call Al Sharpton and perhaps he will drive here and take your racist money to.
ReplyDeleteGood riddance. Another drug dealer gone. I hope he endures every minute of prison as if it is a living hell.
ReplyDeleteCDS possession- Narcotics carries a lot of time in jail... This man had a lot of time with a prior conviction of heroin. However, it does not indicate if he was already on Probation, in which if he was, could have an impact on this sentence.
ReplyDeleteIf you cant do the crime, dont do the time. Drugs dont have no purpose in the community..
And before the race card is thrown.. I'm a black man FYI
He'll be out in 7 yrs.
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