TERRENCE W. BOYLE, District Judge.
COMES NOW Dewayne L. Smith, U.S. Probation Officer of the court, presenting a petition for modification of the Judgment and Commitment Order of Larrus Danyell Jones, who, upon an earlier plea of guilty to Possession With Intent to Distribute a Quantity of Marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(D), and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(1)(A), was sentenced by the Honorable Terrence W. Boyle, U.S. District Judge, on September 24, 2013, to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons for a term of 68 months. It was further ordered that upon release from imprisonment the defendant be placed on supervised release for a period of 5 years.
Jones was released from custody on April 6, 2018, at which time the term of supervised release commenced. On May 28, 2018, a Motion for Revocation was submitted due to the defendant committing new criminal conduct (Driving While License Revoked and Simple Possession of Schedule VI Controlled Substance/Marijuana), failure to notify the probation officer within seventy-two hours of being arrested or questioned by a law enforcement officer, and absconding supervision. A warrant was issued on May 23, 2018, and it was served on June 4, 2018. On July 30, 2018, a revocation hearing was held, and the defendant admitted to the violations contained in the Motion for Revocation. From the evidence presented, the court found as a fact that Jones, who appeared with counsel, had violated the terms and conditions of his judgment. The defendant was given credit for time served (57 days), placed back on supervised release, and the court ordered a status hearing in 6 months.
On August 6, 2018, the defendant tested positive for marijuana, and the specimen was confirmed by the laboratory on August 10, 2018. Additionally, the defendant failed to contact the probation officer on August 13, 2018. During a home inspection on August 15, 2018, Jones admitted to smoking marijuana on July 30, 2018, while in the Wake County Jail after his revocation hearing. Additionally, he admitted to smoking marijuana on August 12, 2018, and he signed an admission of drug use form. The defendant was verbally reprimanded for these violations and counseled about his actions. He has agreed to participate in substance abuse treatment as instructed. The defendant signed a Waiver of Hearing agreeing to the proposed modification of supervision.
Considered and ordered this