Clark to face grand jury for crack charges
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The alleged crack dealer, Charles Clark, 27, was bound to the grand jury on the charge of sale of cocaine while his girlfriend, Jamie Myers, 26, was bound over to the grand jury on the charge of maintaining a dwelling for selling cocaine.
Myers is accused of raising her two children, one around age 10 and the other an infant, in the same house where the drugs were allegedly being dealt. The children were taken into Department of Children’s Services custody at the time of the raid early this month and their case remains under investigation by state’s child welfare bureau.
Police maintain Clark was conducting a large-scale business out of the home based on their close surveillance conducted in the days leading up to the raid. The residence, located just off Sparta Street behind the rock church on West Sparta Street, was hit in a surprise raid as police caught the suspects trying to flush some of the cocaine down their toilet.
Lawmen ignored “Beware of Dog” signs and were able to side-step a labyrinth of three attack dogs in gaining access to the house. They were rewarded by finding 38 grams of crack and over $5,400 in alleged drug money. They also found Clark in possession of a loaded gun.
The couple’s case is scheduled to go before the grand jury May 6 provided drug tests on the seized substances are completed by the state lab in time. Additional charges alleging child endangerment may be taken against the couple at that time.