Tip leads to arrest, drug
seizure
Last Updated: January
13. 2007 12:31AM
Published: January 13. 2007 3:30AM
WAYNESBORO, Tenn. -- A
Wayne County man has been charged for
endangerment of a child after drugs were
found in his residence, officials said.
Waynesboro
Police Chief Keith Reeves said Rocky Jones,
26, Apt. E-137, Village Apartments,
Waynesboro,
was charged with unlawful possession of
methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a
school zone as well as reckless endangerment
of a child and forgery.
Reeves said his officer received information
Thursday from someone worried about the
safety and welfare of three children living
inside Jones' apartment, where apparently
drugs and drug paraphernalia were kept.
The chief said officer Amy Moore along with
sheriff's deputies went to Jones' apartment
to investigate the complaint.
"When they arrived, they spoke with Jones
and while he was trying to prove to the
officers that he didn't have anything
illegal, he accidentally lifted his shirt
and a small plastic bag was spotted in the
waistband of his pants,'' Reeves said. "The
baggie had four separate bags of meth.''
Reeves said officers found 15.7 grams of
meth, with a street value of $1,500.
The chief said Jones lived within 1,000 feet
of
Waynesboro
Elementary School.
"He was charged on reckless endangerment of
a child because of the children that were
living there,'' Reeves said.
Investigators said Jones was living with a
woman and her three children.
Reeves said Jones is also accused of trying
to pass a forged check at a local business.
Jones is being held in the Wayne County Jail
on bail totaling $102,500.
Tom Smith can be reached at 740-5757 or
tom.smith@timesdaily.com.
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