Two men who were arrested back on February 16 after the Reno County Drug Unit served two search warrants were back in court Wednesday morning for the formal reading of charges.
27-year-old Ray Anthony Williams II, has been formally charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to sell within a thousand feet of a school and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Those two charges are level 1 felonies with a sentencing range of 138-months to 204-months, depending on his criminal history. Other charges include possession of drug paraphernalia to package the drugs for distribution, unlawful possession of a firearm after a conviction for selling meth in Texas in 2010, and no tax stamp.
The co-defendant, 33-year-old Alphonso Toney is charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to sell within a thousand feet of a school, conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and no tax stamp.
The case starts with the first search warrant being served on Toney’s residence at 116 East 10th. Inside the residence according to detectives was a Taurus 45-caliber handgun with a loaded magazine, a digital scale, owe sheets, new baggies and a sandwich bag containing a crystal substance that tested positive for methamphetamine. It weighed around 43-grams.
Williams was taken into custody and they allegedly found a sentry safe key on his person as well as 1-thousand, 497-dollars in cash. Toney was taken into custody over the same amount of methamphetamine found in the residence.
The second search warrant was served at 1315 East 4th, Room 204. This room was rented by Williams and there was the sentry safe inside containing a one gallon zip-lock bag that contained more methamphetamine, about 134-grams, a tin can with ammunition for a 45-caliber handgun, money grams, digital scale and packaging materials. Williams is reportedly from Texas and has warrants for his criminal case there.
Bonds were left the same for both men and they will be back in court as part of a waiver-status hearing on March 18.