Times Record News
Two
James Caswell
and Marta Buck, both 46, were arrested Friday morning in a joint operation by
the 97th District Attorney's office, Montague County Sheriff's Department,
Department of Public Safety Narcotics Division and Bowie Police.
Justice of the
Peace Janell Rodgers set the high bonds on charges of
conspiracy to manufacture a controlled substance.
Caswell and
Buck have been arrested in numerous drug-related incidents in the past year,
District Attorney Tim Cole said.
"We felt
they were a threat to the community by their continued criminal activities. We
hope to keep them from cooking dope and we will try them in December on the
original October 2003 manufacturing charge," Cole said.
Cole said drug
dealers who get out on low bonds has been a major sticking point for
The charges the
two face in December for manufacturing a controlled substance is a first degree
felony, with possible penalties of five to 99 years or life imprisonment.
That bust, in
October 2003, was called "one of the biggest in 10 years" by Bowie
Police. More than 400 grams of methamphetamine was
discovered.
Caswell and
Buck were arrested most recently on Oct. 7 and charged with
manufacture-delivery of a controlled substance. Caswell was also arrested on
drug charges on Jan. 24.
Buck was
arrested on Aug. 16 on two warrants for possession of drug paraphernalia and
also arrested on drug charges in March and June.
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