(Des Moines, IA) -- A Des Moines man's been sentenced to 26-years in prison after being convicted of drug and weapons crimes. Investigators say 42-year-old Nicholas Jones and his wife Nashia sold drugs to undercover agents in 2020. A search warrant of the Jones home turned up more than 150-thousand dollars, loaded guns, 12-hundred rounds of ammunition, digital scales and other drug-dealing evidence. Jones was found guilty in federal court of all charges against him, including Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine, Possession of Firearms in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime, and Prohibited Person in Possession of Firearms.
In the Spring of 2020, investigators with the Mid-Iowa Narcotics Enforcement (MINE) Task Force began a drug investigation into Nicholas Jones and his wife, Nashia Jones. MINE investigators conducted four controlled buys of cocaine from the Jones’.