E.R. Actor Sam Jones III Arrested On Drug Charges
E.R. Actor Sam Jones III Arrested On Drug Charges and is under arrest on charges of possessing with the intent to sell more than 10,000 tablets of oxycodone. That is a lot of drugs, Baby Boomers.
Jones, played a medical student on “E.R.” and was the younger brother of “E.R.” doc Greg Pratt, played by Mekhi Phifer.
Jones was arrested at his Canoga Park home Wednesday morning, October 21st, 2009, by DEA agents who state that Jones was a “co-conspirator” in a series of drug deals.
According to the federal complaint, the DEA states that SamJones III. was the “Hollywood connection” in a drug ring that illegally purchased and distributed the oxycodone, also know as OxyContin.
Jones, along with Thomas Michael Cataloni, would negotiate with a prospective oxycodone supplier to buy the drugs for a certain price and would arrange to meet with the supplier. They would then meet the supplier, buy the drugs and distribute them throughout the community.
E.R. Actor Sam Jones III Arrested On Drug Charges and the bust went down when they were both caught in a drug sting. A special federal agent posed as a supplier of oxycodone working undercover. But, to late, the deed was done
Then the oxycodene hit the fan…when in June of 2008, Jones and Cataloni met the undercover agent at a Burbank coffee shop, negotiated a price and then purchased $75,000 worth of the oxycodone in the parking lot of a Glendale video store.
Sam JonesIII, is charged with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute oxycodone. His federal court date is Wednesday afternoon, on the charges and if convicted, he could face up to 20 years in a federal prison.
Some of you Baby Boomers might remember Sam Jone for his roles on the television series “Smallville.” He played Clark Kent’s best friend, Pete Ross. He was also on The Practice, CSI and appeared in the film “Glory Road”.
All of that is now a far cry away from “E.R. Actor Sam Jones III Arrested On Drug Charges.” What a difference a day makes.
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I suppose he is going to blame the whites on this as well because his family were slaves but he is no longer a slave he had his whole life ahead of him making money and he blew it just like that.
When people in general do things like this this reflects back to their family and puts a bad light on everything he has made a mess of his life at such a young age but this is man world and everything will just go away because he has the money to make that so and that is a fact.