Two Jefferson City men sentenced for selling heroin

Two Jefferson City men were sentenced in federal court Tuesday for conspiracy to distribute heroin.

45-year-old Frank Collins was sentenced to 45-year-old was sentenced to 18 years and 4 months in federal prison without parole. Davis was sentenced to 3 years in prison.

Both Collins and Davis pleaded guilty to heroin distribution.

Police used a confidential information to buy heroin twice from Davis and additional informants to buy the drug from Collins.

During one purchase, the informant parked near Davis’ home, and a young child came up to the car with Davis.

The informant gave Davis $250 and they both walked away. Davis then returned to the car and handed the informant 2 baggies of heroin.

Collins was the primary supplier for Davis, who then sold to users who would buy heroin in half gram quantities for about $100 apiece.

Davis admitted he got the heroin from Collins every one to two days for 6 months prior to his arrest.

Collins admitted to buying two 2.5 ounce quantities of heroin 4 times prior to his arrest, all from his supplier source in Chicago for $85 per gram.