Daniel ‘El Chapo Jr.’ Jones, Decenta Brown and Jamon Lacking are scheduled to be sentenced this year after reaching plea deals for their Facebook-related crimes.
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Jones, 29, who called himself ‘El Chapo Jr.’ and bragged about being Dayton’s biggest drug dealer during a hours-long standoff with law enforcement, recently pleaded guilty in federal court. He is scheduled to be sentenced July 13.
Jones pleaded to two of four indicted counts — possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and being a felon in possession of a firearms. In exchange for his plea, federal prosecutors dropped two counts.
U.S. District Court Judge Walter Rice said the maximum combined sentence for Jones’ two charges was 30 years and a fine of $1.25 million. Defense attorney Nicholas Gounaris calculated Jones’ non-binding advisory guideline sentencing range from 12 years and seven months to 15 years and eight months.
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Jones was arrested in early April 2016 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.”
Brown, 26, and Lacking, 28, showed off Glock and Springfield Arms handguns during Facebook videos that were viewed by law enforcement, according to affidavits filed in Dayton’s U.S. District Court.
Brown is scheduled to be sentenced June 28 and Lacking is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 2, according to court records.
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The videos were documented as evidence, and both convicted felons were federally indicted for illegally possessing firearms.
Criminal complaints show investigations started in October 2016 targeting both men regarding drug trafficking and firearms offenses.
According to the court documents, a confidential source identified Brown as a “violent drug dealer who is known to rob and shoot other drug dealers.”
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