Biles to serve 65 days for crack cocaine

A man arrested for concealing his crack cocaine among cracker crumbs in his car will serve 65 days in jail.

The defendant, Jason Lee Biles, entered a guilty plea Tuesday before General Sessions Judge Larry Ross to charges of simple possession of drugs, simple possession of marijuana, driving on a suspended license, third-offense, and failure to appear in court. He was directed to serve 65 days of an 11-month, 29-day sentence and pay $2,118. The failure to appear comes after he did not show up for his original court date following his arrest.

He was arrested after deputies stopped to render him aid on Pepper Branch Road in December when officers thought he was having car trouble.

In warrants sworn against Biles by deputy Bo Ramsey, the officer said it appeared Biles was having engine trouble as he saw him stop in the road and then begin to back up, hitting a curb. While out with Biles, the deputy suspected something might be amiss and called in the sheriff?s K-9 unit to make an exterior inspection of the vehicle for drugs. It was during this inspection the dog reacted, indicating the presence of drugs.

It was during the subsequent search lawmen discovered a quantity of crack cocaine lying around his driver?s seat. While Biles has denied trying to conceal the cocaine among cracker crumbs, lawmen say they found the drugs mixed with the crumbs, noting some users and traffickers sometimes hide crack among crackers so it cannot be as readily identified by lawmen given its similar appearance.