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Richmond Man Gets 25 Years on Federal Cocaine, Firearms Conviction


Posted on Dec 19, 2009

Apparently not under suspicion until an acquaintance who was being followed by ATF agents was observed leaving his apartment -- and soon thereafter arrested with a large amount of cociane in possession -- a 31 Richmond man who was convicted of federal cocaine distribution and gun possession charges in September, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison by a federal judge in RIchmond.

U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson sentenced Ronell Jones, who resided in Henrico County, to 300 months for conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking, and possession of a firearm by a felon.

According to the evidence presented, on June 8, agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive were following a suspect from the Charlottesville area who was believed to have committed a violent crime there.

The agents followed him to Henrico, where they saw him visit Jones' apartment. Shortly after leaving the apartment, the suspect was arrested while in possession of approximately 200 grams of crack cocaine.

As a result, Henrico police kept Jones' apartment under surveillance, and later stopped by police that night after leaving the apratrment in a car. A duffel bag he was carrying was searched, and police found more than 4 kilos of cocaine and $30,000 in cash inside, along with a gun.

A search of his apartment turned up items showing that Jones was involved in drug trafficking. The items included scales with drug residue on them, wrappers for kilograms of cocaine, an additional firearm, and utensils used in "cooking" cocaine into crack cocaine.

 

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