Dayton man pleads guilty to dealing meth in Miamisburg near Austin Landing

MIAMISBURG — A Dayton man on supervised release from a prior federal case pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on Tuesday to dealing methamphetamine in Miamisburg.

Terry Scott Jones, 41, pleaded guilty to one count of possessing with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Ohio.

In March 2021, officers with the City of Moraine executed a search warrant in Jones’ hotel room at the Home2Suites at Austin Landing, according to a press release from the police department.

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Detectives then discovered more than 89 grams of methamphetamine and a loaded firearm.

A year earlier in March, Jones was sentenced to 12 months in federal prison for aiding and abetting the theft of firearms from a Federal Firearms Licensee, the release said.

Jones now faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years and up to life in prison.