Here are four things to know about Dayton’s ‘El Chapo Jr.’:
His real name: 'El Chapo Jr.' is really Daniel E. Jones, .
His arrest: Jones was arrested in early April 2016 after an hours-long standoff with police at The Meadows of Catalpa apartment complex in Harrison Twp. Police said Jones posted a live Facebook feed of himself next to a fire in a bathroom and saying, "No evidence on me buddy."
A search warrant affidavit said law enforcement seized three cell phones, a tablet computer, more than $100,000 in cash and three suspected burnt kilograms of fentanyl.
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His plea: Jones, who bragged about being Dayton's biggest drug dealer, pleaded guilty in Dayton's U.S. District Court to two of four indicted counts — possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and being a felon in possession of a firearms. In exchange for his plea, federal prosecutors dropped the other two counts. As part of a plea agreement, prosecutors removed language from the second count that said Jones had more than 400 grams of fentanyl so that there was no minimum mandatory sentence.
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His history: According to the Vinton County Common Pleas Court, Jones was charged in September 2014 with felony drug trafficking, weapon possession as a felon, misdemeanor marijuana possession, OVI and driving under suspension.
Jones was arrested in Butler County on Dec. 18, 2015, on charges accusing him of rear-ending a Middletown EMS unit on its way to Atrium Medical Center as he was trying to elude Ohio Highway Patrol troopers.
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