A 69-year-old suspected drug dealer is behind bars and the seizure of trafficking amounts of fentanyl and cocaine and nearly $100,000 cash, concluded a months-long investigation.
“The sheer volume of the drugs this individual was dealing and the amount of fentanyl he was putting out on the street was significant,” Collier County Sheriff Kevin Rambosk said. “This was an outstanding arrest thanks to terrific investigative work by our Vice and Narcotics Bureau detectives.”
William “Bill” Jones, 69, of 6513 Autumn Woods Blvd. faces more than a dozen charges including five counts of fentanyl trafficking 28 grams or more, four counts of cocaine trafficking 28 grams to 200 grams, and one count of trafficking cocaine 200 grams or more.
The investigation led to the seizure of 742.5 grams of cocaine/fentanyl, the powerful synthetic opioid that’s 80-100 times stronger than morphine, 65 oxycodone pills, and narcotic paraphernalia.
At the culmination of the investigation, detectives executed a search warrant at Jones’s residence Friday. Detectives seized the following:
- Cocaine/Fentanyl, 155 grams
- 153 vape cartridges, 1,710 grams
- 41 THC cigarettes, 392 grams
- Nearly 7.5 pounds of raw marijuana
Detectives also seized $95,955 cash as a result of their investigation. Jones was taken into custody and booked into the Collier County jail.
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