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SUBMITTED PHOTO
Pictured from left are: Deputy Corky Houseworth, Trooper
J. Livers, and Sgt. Randy Holt of the Ripley County Sheriff's
Department with some of the mature marijuana plants they
seized in a drug bust at Holton. According to information
from Sgt. Holt, officers received a tip and worked together
to make the arrest. Sheriff Bill Davison said the tip came
in Monday afternoon and the arrest was made later that night.
When arriving at the scene, officers found several mature
marijuana plants, marijuana in the processed form and drug
paraphernalia. Anthony J. Roberts, 36, of Holton was arrested
without incident and incarcerated at the Ripley County Jail,
pending bond, for possession of marijuana in the amount
greater than 30 grams, cultivating marijuana in the amount
greater than 30 grams, dealing marijuana in the amount greater
than 30 grams and possession ofmMarijuana, with a prior
conviction. The charges are all D felonies. The mature marijuana
plants have a $1,000 street value. Anyone with information
regarding where marijuana is growing or being cultivated
can remain anonymous and call the sheriff's department at
689-5555, 689-5558 or the Indiana State Police at 689-5000.
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