March 18, 2021
Reno, NV – Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford
announced that Jemma Marie Davis, 23, of Reno, was sentenced to up to five
years in prison for trafficking of narcotics and conspiracy. The crimes were
committed between February 24 and April 6, 2020.
Second Judicial District Court Judge Connie
Steinheimer sentenced Davis to 12 to 30 months in prison for the crime of
Trafficking in Controlled Substances, and 12-30 months in prison for the crime
of Conspiracy to Violate the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, both category
“C” felonies. Both counts will run consecutive
to each other.
Davis was caught selling fentanyl, or
directing others to sell fentanyl on her behalf, on multiple occasions in early
2020. She was subsequently arrested, along with two co-defendants, and charged
with drug trafficking and conspiracy. Davis’ co-defendants Justin Angel Manley,
24, of Reno, and Mason Dylan Ward, 23, of Reno, pleaded guilty to Possession of
a Controlled Substance for the Purpose of Sale. They were sentenced separately
in 2020.
“Under any circumstances, drug trafficking
is unacceptable, but especially during a time when Nevadans have suffered so
severely from the opioid epidemic, this conduct is unacceptable,” said AG Ford. “Together with the FBI, my office was able
to hold this individual accountable for her actions, and I’m grateful for our
partnership in this pursuit of justice.”
The investigation of this case was conducted by the FBI’s Northern
Nevada Safe Streets Task Force. The Attorney General’s Criminal Prosecution Division prosecuted
this case.
The
criminal Information against Davis is attached.
###