A 43-year-old Galesburg man was in federal court Thursday on drug and weapon charges.
Travis B. Jones was arrested on Wednesday after a search warrant of a residence in the 300-block of 3rd Street in Galesburg by the Knox County Sheriff’s Department, Galesburg and Macomb Police, and with the assistance of agents from the FBI’s Transnational Organized Crime West Task Force.
According to a release from the sheriff’s office, during the search several items of controlled substances, paraphernalia associated with illegal narcotics distribution, and a firearm with ammunition were found.
Jones is charged with distribution of at least 50 grams of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine and knowingly and intentionally possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
