Gregory Allen Jones biography: 13 things about Waynesboro, Virginia man

Gregory Allen Jones is a white man from Virginia, United States. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He lives in Waynesboro, Virginia. (a)
2. He is 5’8″ and his registered weight is 240 lbs. (a)
3. He had been featured on “America’s Most Wanted,” which aired on Fox from 1988 to 2011 and on Lifetime from 2011 to 2012. (b)
4. In 2003, he shot a man who was with his former girlfriend in a motel in Verona, Augusta County, Virginia and narrowly missed him. He pleaded guilty to attempted murder and using a firearm in the commission of a felony and was sentenced to seven years in prison in Augusta County. Few months later, he was sentenced to six months in jail in Waynesboro Circuit Court for possession of methamphetamines. (c) (d)
5. In December 2007, he was arrested, charged with breaking and entering and assault and battery and sentenced to a four-year active prison sentence. (c)
6. In March 2015, he was accused of assaulting a woman. He fled when a deputy tried to serve a protective order on him in his residence in Parkview Drive, Front Royal, Virginia. (d)
7. On April, 2, 2015, he burglarized a residence in Lynnwood, Virginia, assaulted the family members inside the house and fled in a tan 2004 GMC 2500 diesel pickup, which was found in an area where he stole a white Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle. Using the stolen motorcycle, he fled from police in Afton, Virginia. After a day-long search and high-speed pursuit on Interstate 64 in Virginia that day, he was arrested and was taken to Augusta Health Emergency Department in Fishersville, Augusta County, Virginia. Among his charges were malicious bodily injury, eluding police and escaping without force. (c)
8. The Augusta County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia took out four felony warrants against him and tried to arrest him on December 8, 2020 but was unsuccessful. (a)
9. The Augusta County Sheriff’s Office tried to arrest him again on December 17, 2020 but was unsuccessful. (a)
10. After the two unsuccessful arrests in December 2020, he was charged with eluding, possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of a firearm while in possession of drugs, possession of a schedule I or II drug and reckless driving. (a)
11. After receiving a tip that he was at the Red Roof Inn in Forsyth, Georgia, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia went to the said inn to serve warrants on January 20, 2021. However, he left his room, entered his vehicle and fled. (e) The chase ended with shots fired. He wrecked his vehicle behind the Daysprings Presbyterian Church on U.S. 41 in Georgia, fled on foot and stole another vehicle, a gray 2018 Hyundai Tucson. (b) (f)
12. The U.S. Marshals Service and Georgia State Patrol troopers joined in the search for him. He was arrested in Anderson, South Carolina, USA on January 20, 2021, the same day Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th U.S. president along with Kamala Harris as the 49th U.S. vice president. (g)
13. He was 39 years old when he was arrested on January 20, 2021. (g)

(This is a developing story. More details are being added.)

SOURCES:

• a. Donald L. Smith
• b. WAGA-TV
• c. The Daily Progress
• d. The News Leader
• e. Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, Georgia
• f. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• g. Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, Georgia