Pastor Pleads Guilty To Making And Selling 100 Tons Of Synthetic Marijuana

Story out of Indianapolis, Indiana:

Robert Jaynes Jr., the fundamentalist pastor who used his Irvington Bible Baptist Church as a virtual employment agency for a multimillion-dollar drug ring, pleaded guilty to two federal charges Tuesday.

Jaynes, 45, pleaded guilty to producing almost 100 tons of synthetic marijuana, known as "spice" or "K2," and conspiracy to commit fraud through mislabeling of the controlled substance. His plea agreement, filed in federal court in St. Louis, said he sold the drugs for $2.6 million.

Their guilty pleas are the latest twist in a bizarre story, reported by IndyStar in October. It involved not only the small church and its fire-and-brimstone preacher but an unlikely web of married cops, a former traveling clown who ran for the state legislature, an Indianapolis Public Schools teacher, bribery and, recently, the suicide of a suspect in jail. Cont.

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