A Greer man received a 17-year prison sentence and a $50,000 fine Wednesday for multiple drug offenses.
Travis O. Jones, 36, pleaded guilty to second-offense possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and second-offense distribution of crack. The charges stem from arrests on July 25, 2013 at a Wilkie Drive residence in Welford and Dec. 3, 2014 at a Sunnyside Circle home in the City of Greer.
In the first case, Jones was caught with 5 bags of cocaine that weighed 3.21 grams and a digital scale. The second arrest occurred after Jones sold a confidential police informant .22 grams of crack cocaine in a recorded transaction.
Jones will serve 85 percent of Circuit Judge Keith Kelly’s prison sentence before he is eligible for release. His prior criminal record spans 16 years and it includes convictions for assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, assault and battery on police, interfering with officers, false information to police discharging a firearm in the city limits, and multiple drug convictions.
“The tireless work of the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit as well as the Greer Police Narcotics Unit continues to make this community a safer place,” Assistant Solicitor Eddie Hunter said.