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Franklin teen-ager accused of dealing drugs
By DAILY JOURNAL | Feb. 18, 2004
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A Franklin man who police say is a medium-level drug dealer was arrested Saturday after police reportedly found cocaine and marijuana in his house.


Dustin Robert King, 19, was arrested on several charges, including Class A felony cocaine dealing. He remained in the county jail Tuesday on $55,000 bond.


In recent weeks, Franklin police had fielded numerous complaints about King dealing drugs out of his home at 3080 Dowden Drive. The complaints described heavy foot traffic: people coming and going at all hours of the night for short visits. Detectives got a search warrant and went to King’s home Saturday night.


In the house, police reportedly found 3.5 grams (1/8 ounce) of cocaine and about 50 grams (1.76 ounces) of marijuana. The drugs had a street value in the hundreds of dollars.


They also reportedly found plastic sandwich bags and scales consistent with packaging drugs for individual re-sale, as well as hollowed-out cigars or “blunts” that would be re-filled with marijuana for smoking.


Detective Brian Goldfarb said King appears to be a medium-level dealer.


[b]“With that much quantity, he certainly had quite a bit of business, I would say,” Goldfarb said. /[b]


King, who has no prior record as an adult, was arrested on preliminary charges of dealing in cocaine, dealing in marijuana, reckless possession of paraphernalia and possession of alcohol by a minor.


The Class A felony cocaine charge is by far the most serious count: A conviction is punishable by 20 to 50 years in prison.


Goldfarb is seeking arrest warrants for two other men in connection with the investigation on charges similar to King’s.

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