Parole denied for MH man serving 12 years in prison

Parole for a Mountain Home man sentenced to 12 years in prison in April 2023 for being in possession of methamphetamine, a loaded handgun and drug paraphernalia has been denied.A parole hearing for 25-year-old Uriah Plez Jones was held July 3 and the one year-denial was announced Tuesday.
Jones is currently an inmate at the Tucker Unit of the state prison system.Jones was arrested in early November 2022 when officers from several agencies converged on a residence located along Red Robin Lane.They found five people in the residence, four of whom were either on probation or parole and had search waivers on file.The officers reported that they knocked and then banged on the door for about 20 minutes.
Large dogs were reported to be barking but no one was answering the door.

A resident eventually came out onto the back deck of the house and said he had been asleep and was unaware the officers were seeking to get into the residence.

Once inside, the officer found a significant quantity of methamphetamine.

Jones was located in a bedroom with his hands in his pockets and staring at the floor.

He admitted being on parole with a search waiver on file. When he was searched, a loaded .25-caliber semi-automatic pistol was found in one of his pockets. In addition, Jones was reported to have had 22 grams of methamphetamine, a small amount of marijuana, a marijuana grinder and a smoking device.

The meth was reported to have been divided into seven individual packages.

When he was told he was being arrested, Jones was reported to have struggled for a time until officers were able to put him against a wall and place him in handcuffs.

The officers were at the home based on a tip that “extensive” drug activity was suspected at the residence, according to the probable cause affidavit.

At the time of his 2022 arrest, Jones was on parole after being sent to prison on charges in an April 2019 case in which he ran from police in a vehicle reported stolen in Marion County, smashed into patrol cars several time and was clocked traveling in excess of 100-miles-per-hour.

During the chase, the vehicle Jones was driving ran over two sets of spike strips – one set up on the Sheid-Hopper Bypass and another at Gassville.

Jones was reported to have been driving up to 85-miles-an-hour on the rims after tires were flattened by the spikes.

The chase came to an end in Marion County when Jones attempted to make a right turn onto State Highway 178, lost control, hit and sign and crashed.

Jones was sentenced to four years in prison for his Baxter County chase charges and three years for similar charges in Marion County. The sentences were to run concurrently.

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