Roderick Derrell Jones, Methamphetamine Trafficking, North Carolina 2020

A Snow Hill man was sentenced to 18 years behind bars for his involvement in methamphetamine trafficking and armed robbery in North Carolina.

Roderick Derrell Jones, 41, also known as “Coffee” and “Base,” was fined $10,900.00 by the court for his crimes.

According to court documents, Jones distributed over 90 grams of crystal methamphetamine during three controlled purchases in April and May of 2020. The methamphetamine seized during those deals was either 99% or 100% pure.

SPECIAL AGENTS with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”) also uncovered that Jones was planning an armed robbery and was willing to use a gun on an infant child to get more money from the intended victim.

The ATF used an informant to meet with Jones, diverting his attention from the actual victim, and subsequently arrested him when he was heading to another planned armed robbery. He was found in possession of a firearm at the time of his arrest.

Jones has a long history of crime, having been previously convicted in State Court in 1997 of Common Law Robbery and in 2002 of Second-Degree Rape and of Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon. He was also convicted of three counts of Indecent Exposure between 2016 and 2018.

Roderick Derrell Jones, 41, of Snow Hill, North Carolina, was sentenced to 216 months in prison for Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with the Intent to Distribute Fifty (50) Grams or More of Methamphetamine and Distribution of Fifty (50) Grams or More of Methamphetamine.

G. Norman Acker, III, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, made the announcement after sentencing by Chief U.S. District Judge Richard E. Myers II. The Kinston Police Department and the ATF investigated the case, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Laura S. Howard prosecuted the case.

Related court documents and information can be found on the website of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina or on PACER by searching for Case No. 4:20-cr-00061-M-1.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ednc/pr/snow-hill-man-sentenced-18-years-methamphetamine-trafficking