Posted on 04/24/2015 11:38:25 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Three people were arrested Tuesday after the Lawrence County Drug Task Force served a search warrant at a home in the 2600 block of Tunnelton Road. According to Bedford Police Chief Dennis Parsley, officers from both the Bedford Police Department and Lawrence County Sheriff's Department SWAT Team executed the warrant.
"Working on information received about illegal drug activity at the home officer secured a search warrant," Parsley says. "When officers arrived there were three people in the home and all three were arrested after officers found various amounts of meth, heroin, firearms, marijuana, drug paraphernalia and a large amount of cash. They also found ginseng and a squirrel."
Officers arrested 51-year-old Sheila Aslinger Phillipe and 53-year-old Bradley Bundy, both of Bedford, on charges of dealing heroin over 5 grams with a firearm; dealing heroin; possession of heroin over 5 grams with a firearm; possession of meth with a firearm; possession of meth; possession of marijuana; possession of drug paraphernalia; possession of ginseng out of season and possession of a wild animal without a permit.
27-year-old Nathan Fields of Bedford is facing charges of possession of heroin over 5 grams with a firearm; possession of heroin over 5 grams; possession of meth with a firearm; possession of meth; possession of marijuana; possession of drug paraphernalia and visiting a common nuisance.
The Department of Natural Resource was called to the scene after police found the ginseng and the squirrel, which was running around the house and eating out of a cat food bag.
DNR added the charges of possession of ginseng out of season and possession of a wild animal without a license. DNR Officers confiscated the ginseng and the squirrel.
I went to some state website...and there was a long list of rules...for harvesting....ginseng.
the people who write these “news” stories” dont bother with small details....when there’s “blood” to display
The squirrel doesn’t seem to be all that wild.
I hate these local news outfits. No damn mention of even the friggin’ state they are in. Like we are supposed to know where Bedford is. Stupid journalism.
wow.
The micromanagement never ends
You can only harvest or possess RAW ginseng in season.
Are you sure that’s not the squirrel?
FTA: ...dealing heroin over 5 grams with a firearm....
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I would like to see a video of that.
Indiana.
(Flag flies through air)
15 Yards penalty, Piling on!
Still first down!
im calling Micro Aggression...on this one...
Ginseng out of season?
Grab the rope, boys, lets string him up!
Psssst. Hey, bro. Got any “squirrel” on ya? I’m jonesin’ bad!
why?
"He had a squirrel??? HOLD ON! I'm pardoning him for all his other crimes. Bring the squirrel to my office. And the popcorn popper."
Yeronner, my clients are being unduly hoorassed. If the squirrel was freely running around the house eating cat food how can they be charged with possession of it? The squirrel was obviously there by its own free will. I demand that you drop these scurrilous charges and allow them to go about their peaceable lives in the holler.
Very valuable, can’t be cultivated.
Ginseng Farms exist
They better own a ginseng farm then.
FWIW cultivated doesn’t command as high a price as wild grown. In fact there’s a grade that is planted in the woods that is considered better than farm grown but not as good as truly wild ginseng.
I imagine that is very true!
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