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A Jones County Grand Jury brought back true bills for every count presented to them by law enforcement during its April 7 session.
The 30 bills of indictment included 11 drug charges, five of which involved firearms in addition to the drug charges. The defendants in the three additional firearm charges were convicted felons or first offender probationers.
James Boyd Parks was indicated for one count of aggravated assault family violence and an additional count of aggravated assault. Parks was arrested Feb. 9, following a report of a shooting.
The report of the incident by Lt. Travis Walker of the Jones County Sheriff’s Office stated he was dispatched to a residence on Champman Road to find a victim with a hole in his boot and bleeding.
Walker said during his investigation, he discovered an argument between the victim and Parks resulted in the shooting. Photographs were taken at the scene and shell casings retrieved.
The lieutenant said, based on the evidence and witness interviews, Parks was transported to the Jones County Law Enforcement Center and placed under arrest.
Marquise Dwight Jones was indicted on 48 counts of identity fraud, possession of marijuana less than an ounce and driving while license suspended. A report of his arrest by Deputy Donrielle Steib stated he noticed Jones’ vehicle was missing a license plate.
The deputy performed a traffic stop, but the driver did not have his license. A check using the driver’s name revealed he had a warrant out of Indiana, and his license was suspended.
Steib said Jones was taken into custody, and the vehicle was inventoried. He said items of concern found inside were three pistols, multiple credit cards that did not belong to the driver, tax documents that did not belong to him and marijuana.
Terrance Andre Strickland was indicted April 7 on charges of crossing guard lines with drugs, possession marijuana less than ounce, and obstruction of officer misdemeanor in addition to the charge of trafficking methamphetamine.
Strickland was arrested March 13 by Walker. The safety check that led to the arrest was on Highway 49. In his report of the arrest, Walker said while speaking with the driver, he noticed a box of bullets by the gear shift and asked if he had a gun.
Strickland said no, but his behavior raised questions that something was going on. The lieutenant said when he asked the driver for his identification, he held up a debit card. Walker said Strickland at first refused when he was asked to exit the truck. The driver resisted but was secured with the help of other deputies. A bag of methamphetamine was located inside of Strickland’s hoodie jacket pocket.
The driver was placed in the back seat of another patrol car and transported to the Jones County Law Enforcement Center.
Walker said more methamphetamine was found during a routine check of the backseat where Strickland was seated during his transport.
All the April 7 indictments can be found on the open records page of this week’s edition.
