Exeter Police charge man for drug-dealing operation

EXETER » Police have arrested a man they say was running a drug-dealing operation and found to be in possession of a stolen firearm.

Police have charged James A. Jones, 49, of 223 Harvey Ave. in Exeter Township, with drug related offenses as well as illegally possessing stolen firearms.

After several complaints were made about suspicious activity at the home, Exeter Police, as well as officials for the Drug Enforcement Agency Task Force, conducted an investigation on the activities at the home for several months.

A search warrant was subsequently executed on the property and yielded two firearms, one of which was reported stolen from a burglary in Exeter Township. The search also found $2,500 in cash and drug paraphernalia, according to police.

Jones was not permitted to possess firearms due to a prior conviction, police said.

Exeter Police discovered that Jones had an extensive list of customer or buyers from Exeter, Birdsboro and Reading. Jones was selling Percocet, Oxycodone and pressed opioid pills.

“The Exeter Township Police Department views the arrest of Jones and the cessation of his operation crucial to goal of eradicating opioid-related incidents within the township,” police said in a press release.

Jones is facing two counts of possession of a firearm prohibited, receiving stolen property and use or possession of drug paraphernalia. Bail was set at 100,000 cash.