Four facing felonies after search warrants lead to drugs, firearm

On February 4, Nacogdoches County Sheriff's Office deputies and investigators served a search warrant at a home in the 1500 block of Cleaver Street based on information developed during an investigation that drugs were being sold from the residence.

Inside, deputies seized a loaded handgun, cocaine, ecstasy, suspected fentanyl pills, prescription medication and drug paraphernalia related to the use and sale of illegal drugs.

George Ray Fields, Jr., 40, and Ambria Nicole Curl, 30, both of Nacogdoches, were taken into custody at the home.

Fields was charged with a first-degree felony for the manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance, a second-degree felony for possession of a controlled substance, and a state-jail felony for possession of a controlled substance. A first-degree felony warrant for the manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance out of Shelby County was also served at the time of his arrest. Fields is currently jailed on bonds totaling $360,000.

Curl was charged with a state-jail felony for possession of a controlled substance. She posted the $6,000 bond set by a justice of the peace and was released on Wednesday, Feb. 5.

On Wednesday, deputies executed a second search warrant at an apartment in the 300 block of Ellington Street. Methamphetamine, marijuana, crack cocaine, and ecstasy were located inside, and confiscated.

Some of the drugs were easily accessible to children living at the apartment. The children were removed from the home and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services was contacted.

Deputies took Terence Demon Jones, 42, into custody on a first-degree felony for manufacture or distribution of a controlled substance, a third-degree felony for possession of a controlled substance, state-jail felonies for abandoning or endangering a child and possession of a controlled substance, and a Class-B misdemeanor for possession of marijuana.

Alisha Denette Jones, 33 , was charged with a second-degree and a third-degree felony for possession of a controlled substance, a state-jail felony for abandoning or endangering a child, and a Class-B misdemeanor for possession of marijuana. Both cases are part of an ongoing investigation into the sale and distribution of illegal narcotics in Nacogdoches County and surrounding areas by the Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Office, and additional charges are possible.

Thanks to the Nacogdoches Police Department for their support in these cases.