‘El Chapo Jr.’ pleads not guilty, trial set

UPDATE @ 5:21 p.m. (May 3)

The man who bragged about being Dayton’s biggest drug dealer and called himself ‘El Chapo Jr.’ during a hours-long standoff with law enforcement pleaded not guilty Tuesday in federal court.

Daniel E. Jones, 28, pleaded not guilty in Dayton’s U.S. District Court to charges of conspiracy, possession with intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl, possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking and possessing a firearm after a felony conviction. He also had his trial date set for June 27.

Jones was arrested in early April after a standoff at The Meadows of Catalpa apartment complex in Harrison Twp., where police said he posted a live Facebook feed of him next to a fire in a bathroom and saying, “No evidence on me buddy.”

A search warrant affidavit said law enforcement seized three cell phones, a tablet computer, more than $100,000 in case and three suspected burnt kilograms of fentanyl.

FIRST REPORT

The man who called himself “El Chapo Jr.” and bragged about being Dayton’s biggest drug dealer during an hours-long standoff with law enforcement has been federally indicted on guns and drug charges.

A Dayton U.S. District Court grand jury found probable cause that Daniel E. Jones, 28, possessed with intent to distribute 400 or more grams of fentanyl — a powerful narcotic that has led to many overdose deaths in Ohio.

The grand jury also indicted Jones on counts of conspiracy, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and possessing a firearm while already a convicted felon.

Jones was arrested in early April after a standoff at The Meadows of Catalpa apartment complex in Harrison Twp. Jones displayed himself next to a fire in a bathroom via a live Facebook feed during the standoff, according to court documents.

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