Two Men Sentenced for Cocaine and Marijuana Trafficking in Georgia

ATLANTA – Walter Ray Hamilton and James Robert Jones, a/k/a Sean Jones, were sentenced for their roles in a drug trafficking organization that operated out of a house located approximately 350 feet from Chamblee Charter High School, in Chamblee, Georgia.

The organization used the house in this residential neighborhood to distribute multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine and marijuana. In June 2014, agents from the DEA and U.S. Postal Inspection Service, investigating a drug trafficking organization that shipped drugs through the mail from Texas to Atlanta, identified a house in Chamblee that the organization was using as a drug storage and distribution hub.

HAMILTON lived in the house and was frequently visited by other members of the organization, including JONES, who brought packages to the house. On two separate occasions following package deliveries, agents stopped cars leaving the house and seized multiple kilogram quantities of cocaine and marijuana.

On a third occasion, agents observed several organization members, including HAMILTON and JONES, gather at the house and drive away together in a caravan of four cars. Agents stopped the caravan, but JONES sped away in his car while agents pursued him with the help of aerial surveillance. JONES ultimately abandoned his car and was arrested after a brief foot chase.

Agents seized 55 kilograms of marijuana, cash, and other drug trafficking materials from the four cars, then returned to the house and seized an additional four kilograms of marijuana, scales, a money counter, and other drug packaging materials from inside.

HAMILTON, 35, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Mark H. Cohen to six years, three months in prison to be followed by six years of supervised release for charges of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances, and maintaining a place for distributing drugs within 1,000 feet of a school.

JONES, a/k/a Sean Jones, 43, of Dallas, Georgia, was also sentenced by U.S. District Judge Mark H. Cohen to five years, ten months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for charges of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances.

This case would not have been possible without the spirited level of cooperation between all law enforcement agencies involved, said Daniel R. Salter, the Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Atlanta Field Division.

The US Postal Inspection Service is charged with defending the nation’s mail system from illegal use. We remain steadfast in our resolve to seek justice to the end and to keep communities safe, said Thomas Noyes II, U.S. Postal Inspector in Charge of the Charlotte Division.

According to U.S. Attorney Horn, the charges and other information presented in court: In June 2014, agents from the DEA and U.S. Postal Inspection Service, investigating a drug trafficking organization that shipped drugs through the mail from Texas to Atlanta, identified a house in Chamblee that the organization was using as a drug storage and distribution hub.

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