BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Federal authorities say the alleged boss of a Baton Rouge cocaine ring is being held without bond. Officials said Tuesday that his subordinates distributed up to 22 pounds of the drug per shipment.U.S. Attorney David R. Dugas said members of the ring were buying multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine from Houston on a regular basis.Dugas identified the ring’s leader as 36-year-old Willie “Gator” Jones Jr.U.S. Magistrate Judge Docia L. Dalby ordered Jones held without bond, along with six other Baton Rouge residents.——Contact The Daily Reveille news staff at [email protected]
Alleged drug kingpin held without bond – 1:10 p.m.
November 5, 2008