GARNER — One member of a Garner couple accused of ongoing criminal conduct and drug charges faces prison time after entering into a plea agreement with prosecutors this week.
43-year-old Alisa Jones was charged with one count of ongoing criminal conduct, one count of intent to manufacture or deliver methamphetamine, unauthorized use of a credit card, forgery, and four counts of child endangerment. Her boyfriend, 41-year-old Ricco Riley, is facing similar and additional charges. The pair were accused of:
== Committing forgery by stealing a check, altering it, and attempting to cash it. They allegedly stole credit card information and used the victim’s information to make purchases on multiple occasions between January 22nd and February 19th of this year.
== On the unauthorized use of a credit card charge, both are accused of making numerous purchases with another person’s card at two Mason City stores totalling over $1500 but under $10,000
== On the forgery charge, Jones is accused of stealing a check from the Little Lambs Preschool in Garner, altering it, making it appear to have been written out to Riley, who attempted to cash it.
== On the Class C felony controlled substance charge, Garner police say they executed a search warrant on March 7th at their home where they allegedly found 3.4 grams of methamphetamine, two scales used for weighing meth, and multiple small plastic baggies. Child endangerment charges were also connected to the search warrant since the children at the home have access to where the drugs were located.
== One other child endangerment charge states Jones is accused of leaving her one-year-old child in the care of Riley who is a registered sex offender, including while she was in jail on a driving while barred charge.
Jones has now pleaded guilty to intent to deliver meth as an habitual offender, a Class C felony; forgery, a Class D felony; and child endangerment, an aggravated misdemeanor. According to the terms of the plea agreement, it will be recommended that she be sentenced to a total of 15 years in prison with a three-year minimum to serve when she’s sentenced on July 8th. Riley is facing additional drug charges and is scheduled to be tried on June 11th.
