Isanti County man sentenced in drug case

An Isanti County man was sentenced to 56 months in prison on one of three counts of a criminal complaint.

Jon Peter Smith was convicted of a first-degree drug possession charge.

In 2020, Smith was arrested and charged with first-degree drugs sale, first-degree drug possession, and storing meth paraphernalia in the presence of a child or vulnerable adult.

A narcotics search warrant executed in May 2020 by Isanti County Sheriff’s Office deputies and East Central Drug and Violent Offenders Task Force agents at the 46-year-old man’s Isanti residence resulted in the seizure of over two pounds of meth, various other illegal drugs and paraphernalia, and $17,554 of illicit currency.