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Smallville Actor Starts His Prison Sentenced For Selling Drugs

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Sam Jones III has recently started his federal prison sentenced. The former Smallville star is serving a year in behind bars for admitted his role in a huge drug ring. Last year, the 32-year-old plead guilty to conspiracy to sell more than 10,000 oxycodone pills and was sentenced to 366 days behind bars

The actor is being held at Lompoc Correctional Facility, a low-security California prison in which he checked into on December 6, 2011.

Back in 2009, the Drug Enforcement Agency accused Jones of being a “co-conspirator” in several major drug deals.

According to court documents, the actor, who the DEA agents described as the “Hollywood connection,” and several others came up with a plan to purchase and distribute more than 10,000 oxycodone pills.

When the plan went sour Jones was taken into custody and charged.

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