BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — William Charles Jones, 34, of St. Louis, Missouri, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his role in a cocaine distribution operation in Idaho, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced.
Court records reveal that Jones was a high-volume cocaine distributor in the Treasure Valley, frequently traveling to Missouri to purchase kilos of cocaine, which he then shipped to himself in Idaho for distribution through mid-level distributors. On one occasion, Jones traveled to Canada to purchase two kilos of cocaine, which was intercepted by authorities at the U.S./Canadian border.
Following his indictment, a federal search warrant that was executed at Jones’s residence uncovered a workstation in his garage equipped with a scale, packaging material, and a heat sealer. Investigators also discovered one and a half kilos of cocaine in brick form, five one-ounce bundles of cocaine, several psilocybin mushroom bars, and 16 unlawfully possessed firearms strategically placed throughout the residence…