Tag Archives: marijuana

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    Clinton woman jailed for dealing hundreds of pounds of pot

    A 53-year-old Clinton, Iowa woman was sentenced to ten years in prison for conspiracy to manufacture and distribute marijuana from 2002 to 2010.

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    Group argues weed is safer than booze

    A Colorado advocacy group is spending thousands of dollars to convince people that smoking pot is safer than drinking alcohol.

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    Drug abuse on the rise

    Marijuana use among teens is up and prescription drug abuse is also a problem that’s not going away. According to…

  • Crime Eric Tyson

    Trooper hurt when crash leads to pot bust

    Police said bystanders helped an Iowa trooper arrest a man who was involved in a Davenport, Iowa traffic crash. At…

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    Davenport man sentenced for dealing thousands of pounds of pot

    A local man was sentenced to nearly nine years in prison after investigators discovered he sold nearly 4,000 pounds of marijuana in Davenport.

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    Men get prison for dealing marijuana in Davenport

    Three Davenport, Iowa men will spend nearly three years in prison after being convicted of conspiracy to distribute 180 pounds of marijuana.

  • Crime / News Kyle Cole

    Teen busted picking up pot at post office

    Police were waiting when a Cedar Rapids teenager allegedly went to a post office to pick up a package of…

  • Crime Royce Harmon, Lorrie Myers and Laron Carr were each arrested after Myers' Rock Island, Illinois daycare was raided by narcotics enforcement officers.

    Daycare site of Rock Island drug bust

    ROCK ISLAND, Ill.— UPDATED Feb. 16 at 4:15 p.m.:  Daycare owner and operator Lorrie Myers was released on bond after…

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    Davenport postal worker accepted drugs as payment

    DAVENPORT, Iowa – A postal worker who allowed drug conspirators to store at least 1,000 kilograms of marijuana in his…

  • Crime Debrece Shields was arrested at the Amtrak station in Galesburg, Illinois after police said he admitted to having more than a half pound of marijuana in his luggage.

    Dog alerts police to pot in train passenger luggage

    GALESBURG, Ill.—Police said a half pound of marijuana was found in the luggage of an Amtrak train passenger in Galesburg,…

  • Crime Michael Cross

    Man found guilty of charges connected to police shooting

    DAVENPORT, Iowa — A teen, chased and shot by police after shots were fired into a crowd at the Mississippi…