Drug distributor to serve one year after negotiations

A drug trafficking charge was dismissed in Jones County Superior Court after it was determined the substance at the base of the charge was not illegal. Richard Harold Varner was in court Feb. 23 to enter a guilty plea for a second charge he received during his April 1, 2022, arrest. Varner was indicted June 28, 2022, on the charge of trafficking in illegal drugs and possession of meth...