Allen Co. Duo Charged With Intent To Distribute In Prisons, Jails

FORT WAYNE, IN – Two Allen County residents were recently indicted by a federal Grand Jury in the Northern District of Indiana, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office. According to Northern District officials, the indictment reports Calvin Jones, 37, and Diamond Parker, 28, were charged with participating in a conspiracy to smuggle illegal narcotics into correctional institutions located within Indiana.

According to the indictment, officials said beginning in August 2017, the defendants schemed to distribute 5-fluro ADB (a synthetic cannabinoid) to inmates in an Indiana correction institution. Diamond and Jones were also charged with one count each of possessing with intent to distribute a detectable amount of 5-fluro ADB.

Northern District officials said this case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Lesley Miller Lowery, as the result of an investigation between the US Postal Inspection Service, the Indiana Department of Corrections, the Fort Wayne Police Department, the Allen County Sheriff’s Department, the United States Marshal’s Service and the FBI.

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