May 17, 2004

BOWIE (Special) - Two people arrested last October, in what Bowie Police called one of the biggest methamphetamine drug busts in 10 years, were indicted by the Montague County Grand Jury last Monday.

District Attorney Tim Cole reported nine indictments, including one that was sealed on a charge of manufacture of a controlled substance.

James Wayne Caswell, 46, and Marta Martin Buck, 45, both of Bowie, were indicted on one charge each of manufacture of a controlled substance. Bonds were $100,000 on each.

The pair, along with two others, were jailed on Oct. 17, 2003, when police raided Caswell's residence at 700 Central. An officer on patrol reported that he noticed a strong odor of ether coming from the home. A search warrant was obtained and the search uncovered a meth lab in the shop behind the house, police said, adding that more than 400 grams of meth were found.

Bowie Police Investigator Wes Wallace said that was the most drugs confiscated within the city limits in the last 10 years. About 28 grams was powder and the rest was liquid, police said.

Other indictments include the following:

--Two Bowie men were indicted for the robbery of Thomas Joseph Gagliano on Feb. 7. Shaun Jordan Pike, 24, and Jonathon James Moore, 23, were each indicted on the charge with bonds of $35,000 each. Police said that Gagliano, 30, told them that the two men had attacked him in a downtown alley, beat him and took $175 in cash.

--Larry Harold Burdick, 33, Bowie, indicted for fraud by prescription related to a March 4 arrest. Bond was $5,000.

--Mauro Martinez Correa, 23, Bowie, indicted for aggravated sexual assault involving an alleged Nov. 28, 2000 incident with a three-year-old girl. Bond was $150,000.

--Tosha Leah Darland, 20, Bowie, indicted on two counts of forgery stemming from incidents on Feb. 19 and Feb. 25 at Fina Mart of Bowie. Bond was $5,000.

--Nyla Jo Johnson, 20, Bowie, indicted on two counts of forgery in the same two incidents Feb. 19 and Feb. 25 at Fina Mart of Bowie. Her bond also was $5,000.

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