Escambia Man Gets 25 Years For Drug Trafficking

March 30, 2012

An Escambia County man will spend a mandatory 25 years in prison and was hit with a half million dollar fine for trafficking in hydrocodone.

Roderick Jones receive the sentence this week from Judge Jan Shackelford. Under the sentence, he will receive no gain time and must serve the full 25 years, according to State Attorney Bill Eddins.
This defendant was part of the undercover “Operation Anything for a Buck”. The storefront was an eight month operation between the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, and other law enforcement agencies as well as the First Circuit State Attorneys Office. The operation recovered over 270 firearms, as well as drugs and stolen property ranging from jewelry, tools, cameras, and other electronic devices. A total of 75 people were arrested in connection with the undercover operation.

On July 18, 2011, Roderick Jones went into the undercover storefront and sold a trafficking amount of hydrocodone pills to undercover officers. Jones has 16 more cases pending in connection with this operation. These cases are currently set for trial on April 2, 2012. Of the pending cases, he faces multiple 25-year minimum mandatory sentences for drug trafficking charges.

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2 Responses to “Escambia Man Gets 25 Years For Drug Trafficking”

  1. Kay Campbell on March 31st, 2012 9:34 am

    Another drug dealer going on an extended vacation……..Adios!!!

  2. JJ Burt on March 31st, 2012 7:40 am

    Good News!!!!!

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