Mammoth resident arrested for cocaine sales
Pictured: Jack Jerry Colby/
On Thursday, Sept. 6 the Mono County Narcotics Task Force (MONET), along with assistance from the Mono County Sheriff’s Department and Mammoth Lakes Police Department, concluded an extensive investigation for the sales of cocaine in the Town of Mammoth Lakes.
MONET agents served a search warrant resulting in the arrest of Jack Jerry Colby, age 70, of Mammoth Lakes for suspicion of cocaine sales. The search warrant resulted in the seizure of more than $19,000, which was proceeds from the sales of narcotics. Agents recovered scales, packaging materials, more than one and a half pounds of cocaine, one gram of methamphetamine and a small amount of marijuana.
Colby was taken into custody at the Mono County Jail in Bridgeport and charges are pending with the Mono County District Attorney’s Office. –Press release