Des Moines, IA- A Des Moines man has been sentenced to over 26 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
42-year-old Nicholas Dwayne Jones was sentenced Monday to 322 months in prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine, Possession of Firearms in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking, and Prohibited persons in Possession of Firearms.
According to court documents, the evidence presented at the two-and-a-half-day trial in the spring of 2020 showed investigators with the Mid-Iowa Narcotics Enforcement Task Force began a drug investigation into Nicholas Jones and his wife, Nashia Jones.
MINE investigators conducted four controlled buys of cocaine from the Jones’. Officers executed a search warrant at their residence and seized $154,000 in drug proceeds, four loaded firearms, over 1,200 rounds of ammunition, digital scales, cutting agents, and drug notes.
Jones was found guilty on all charges.
