Michigan Man Faces Intent To Distribute Drugs Charges
Jauron Laurenz Cox of Redford, Mich., is facing the felony charges in district court for criminal possession with intent to distribute meth, criminal possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence.
According to court documents, a deputy stopped a black Yukon SUV operated by Calvin Corne on Feb. 10, for driving while license is suspended. The vehicle had two other passengers including Cox.
When the deputy asked Corne for permission to search the vehicle, Corne declined the request.
When a K9 from Richland County performed a free air sniff around the vehicle, the dog alerted in the license plate area at the rear of the vehicle. It was believed that the dog, Ringo, detected the presence of drugs inside the vehicle. The deputy decided to seize the vehicle and have it towed to the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office while he applied for a search warrant.
While law enforcement waited for the tow truck to arrive, a deputy was watching the camera footage from her vehicle’s backseat camera. The deputy observed Cox talking on the phone to an unknown male and telling him that he was going to “drop pin bro and come back later on,” and also that Cox talked about “retrieving it.”
While one deputy monitored the vehicle, another deputy went to see if he could find anything that had been thrown out of the vehicle or away from any of the occupants. The deputy came across a large blue and gray water bottle a few feet off of the paved edge of the roadway.
An agent picked the bottle up and unscrewed the lid. Law enforcement found a large amount of meth inside the bottle. A deputy could also see a baggie that contained blue pills that were similar in size and appearance to fentanyl pills.
Shortly after the deputy found the suspected drugs, he saw a vehicle being driven east on US Highway 2 past him. Due to the late hour and lack of traffic, it was noteworthy to see another vehicle. The deputy watched as the vehicle was driven into Bainville in the area of Smokey’s Bar, where a deputy had dropped off the two passengers to stay warm. As the vehicle went back westbound, the deputy attempted to see who was in the vehicle and thought that Cox was in the backseat. The deputy contacted other law enforcement regarding the vehicle.
Later, the deputy received word that the vehicle was pulled over near Wolf Point by the Montana Highway Patrol.
When Cox spoke with law enforcement, he admitted that he threw out the water bottle from the first vehicle.
The suspected meth weighed close to a pound. There were 150 blue pills counted.
Maximum penalty for distribution of dangerous drugs is a sentence of not more than 20 years in the state person, a $50,000 fine or both. Maximum penalty for tampering with evidence is a sentence of not more than 10 years, a $50,000 fine or both.
