Former Deputy Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking
Posted/updated on: March 27, 2014 at 10:35 am
TYLER — A former Smith County Sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations. Kimbrick Bernard Jones, 39, of Tyler, pleaded guilty on October 8, 2013, to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of more than 50 grams of methamphetamine and less than 28 grams of crack cocaine. He was sentenced to 72 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Leonard E. Davis of Tyler.
According to information presented in court, from 2012 until July 10, 2013, Jones admitted to having distributed over 50 grams of methamphetamine and less than 28 grams of crack cocaine while on duty as a Smith County deputy sheriff. Jones had been employed by the Smith County Sheriff’s Office for about 10 years. He was indicted by a federal grand jury on July 25, 2013
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