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GoogleJonathan A. Robertson, 30, has been charged with three counts of dealing in marijuana, all class D felonies, and possession of marijuana, maintaining a common nuisance and neglect of a dependent, all class D felonies for a total of six felony counts.
Robertson's live-in girlfriend, Tori A. Bell, 35, has been charged with possession of methamphetamine, a class D felony, and possession of marijuana, also a class D felony.
Robertson has been the target of an investigation into ongoing sales of marijuana to numerous individuals. At times when his residence was under surveillance, officers noted multiple vehicles arriving and then leaving after a short period of time.
The arresting officer in the case was Deputy Marshal Jordan Hasler of the Bloomfield Police Department but the investigation involved officers from Bloomfield, Linton, Worthington and Jasonville Police Departments, the Indiana State Police, the Greene County Prosecutor's Office and Greene County Sheriff's Department in a county-wide Drug Task Force effort.
The probable cause affidavits prepared by Hasler indicates police have evidence that Robertson allegedly sold a quantity of marijuana in three specific transactions since Jan. 26. In one of those transactions, Robertson's young son was allegedly present.
A search warrant was requested and when executed, police reported finding plastic baggies containing marijuana as well as a "brick" of marijuana that weighed in excess of 30 grams.
Robertson was present at the time of the search and was taken into custody.
Bell arrived at the home during the search. Officers asked her for consent to search her vehicle but she refused. A search warrant was requested and more marijuana was reportedly discovered in her vehicle.
According to an affidavit, while waiting for the warrant, Bell allegedly made an attempt to dispose of a small baggie that contained methamphetamine but an officer was watching and retrieved the baggie.
Bell was also taken into custody.
Both were booked into the Greene County Jail where Robertson's bond was set at $16,000. He was later released on bond. Bell was held without bond pending her appearance in court.
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To make this REAL clear, I dont
agree with drugs. Pills, alcohol
and all the other legal garbage.
I dont use illegal stuff either.
However this war on drugs is ridicules.
You cut our road workers and our roads
STINK, but you keep these people
that have no other job then to destroy
families. The war on drugs is a
disgusting cancer on this society.
It WILL NOT work only takes my tax dollar
( My money) and pumps up the prison system
for non violent offenders. I am so sick
of this. One day as ALL other societies have learned through out history we will have to legalize every silly thing and then what?
Drugs lead to violence
Cops paid to bust street pharmacists and drug users when they could be doing real police work, investigating crimes that have a real effect on society. These people were hurting no one selling drugs. People buy and drink alcohol in front of children and alcohol kills many more people than marijuana. Yet because alcohol is legal and marijuana isn't, this man is frowned upon for providing for his family by selling something there is a clear demand for and makes good money.
Studies on the effectiveness of the "war on drugs" to reduce or end drug use are inconclusive at best; it has done nothing to stop the manufacture or use of drugs yet we spend Billions every year. Legalize it, remove the power of gangs and criminals which lowers violence, and use the money for better things, particularly putting police to more useful work.
WOW....James30096!!!!
"These people were hurting no one selling drugs."
Did I read that right?? That just blows my mind.
How about hurting the children who are getting hooked on this....then later in life...become hooked on the bigger drugs that WILL kill them??
What about the parents of these children who hurt everyday because they either see their child dying from their addiction..or has to visit their child in a grave because their addiction won!!
They don't call it the "gateway drug" for nothing!! I'm sure that many (possibly yourself) can argue with that and say...people can smoke pot...and never try anything else...when that may very well be the case.....but statistically how many meth addicts, heroin addicts, cocaine addicts...and so forth....do you honestly believe didn't start out with pot??
And yet another quote....
"this man is frowned upon for providing for his family by selling something there is a clear demand for and makes good money."
Umm....let's think about that one....there is a high demand for Meth....and you could make good money for selling it....should we legalize it as well? I know..what about babies on the black market....should a guy be punished because he kidnapped a newborn from their crib and sold it on the black market to make good money to "provide" for his family? You may think this doesn't compare to pot?? But that is also something that is in "high demand" and you can "make good money" to "provide" for your family. When is it too much...when should we draw the line???
If you want to provide for your family there is this thing called a "Job". Millions of people have them and there are millions that are "legal". Legalizing something because it is in high demand and you can make good money to provide for your family doesn't make it "okay".
So in case you have wondered...I am all for the "war on drugs". Get it all off the streets...so that my child...my family can be safe!! And if my tax dollars go to pay the arresting officer that took the scum off the street to where he was no longer there to sell something to my child that could have been her demise...then I would proudly pay double!!!!!
If you are tired of the government wasting Tax dollars here is one site that might interest you.
http://fija.org/
Also for medical research its a long read but if you are researching.
"Drugs lead to violence"
since when?
idiots lead to violence....
SomethingToSay: No one is forced to buy or take illegal drugs. It is the user's own decision to buy and use. The consequences are not the dealer's fault, just as it is not a gun manufacturer's fault any time someone is shot. Just because McDonald's sells a big, greasy burger that's bad for me doesn't mean I must buy them. I don't smoke or chew tobacco because I know its bad for me. I make the same choice for the same reason about drugs. Legalization would lead to honest, unbiased education and expanded treatment which would allow adults to make their own choice about drugs and to educate and protect their children.
Marijuana as a "gateway" drug is a false, unsupported statement. Studies (like the ones performed by University of Pittsburgh or London's Centre for Economic Policy Research) show that using marijuana first has no effect on whether the user will try other drugs. Put another way, a heroin user ends up using heroin regardless of whether they try marijuana first.
Drug dealers and users are typically non-violent people, they are not as big a risk to society as serial killers, rapists, women-abusers, kidnappers, etc. yet we put them together in jail or prison cells. Legalization would take power away from gangs and warlords, leading to reduced violence while freeing up money to investigate and prosecute violent crimes and punish violent offenders. Did the guy in this article abuse his wife or child? Has he murdered or raped anyone? Nope, yet he sits in jail with people who committed violent crimes and faces time in prison with genuinely bad people.
Where does meth comes from? It comes from the worst possible source, a dirty room or shack, made by brainless, disgusting loosers who don't care about you or your kids. Legalization would lead to regulated sources; fewer people would die from the toxic chemicals that end up in the final product.
Our laws make drug users outcasts; few seek treatment because of fear and stigma. Laws making drugs illegal have done little to deter addicts and done far less to help them quit. Legalization will remove the stigma and encourage addicts to seek help. Fewer families will experience addiction and the possible consequences of drug use.
How does SomethingToSay know anything about the demand for black-market babies? Comparing a drug dealer to a kidnapper and saying are both just trying to "make good money" to "provide" for your family" is ridiculous. Would you rank car thieves right up there with rapists? How about vandals and murderers? Kidnapping is violent, selling drugs from your couch is not.
Further, legalization of drugs is not going to lead to legalizing kidnapping or any other serious crime. With that same reasoning, I bet you, SomethingToSay, also think legalizing gay marriage will lead to legalizing pedophilia and people marrying animals and having sex with trees, but that's another topic.
SomethingToSay, since you say you "would proudly pay double", there is a spot on your tax form where you can add an extra, voluntary tax payment to the government. Please remember to fill that in with your double payment when you do your taxes.
James, that post made entirely too much sense to be on this website...
authorforall = awesome.
Wow, sounds like alot of these people smoke pot! Driving high can be just as bad as driving drunk! Bottom line, there breaking the law..so they should go to jail!
Ummm...the words were taken out of my mouth James!!
I have something else to add...If I knew that I wouldn't have gotten in trouble for buying pot for my mother who was dying of cancer, I would've done it in a heartbeat. BUT, the way the laws are, and pot not being legal..I would've been in the county in a heartbeat. SAD...very sad. Maybe she could've ate, maybe she wouldn't have been in so much pain. A 140 pound woman, dwindled down to 63 pounds in 2 months. That's all I have to say about that.
" Bottom line, there breaking the law..so they should go to jail!"
God forbid we should question the laws...
I don't know about you, but I'm not a sheep.
Its not like its a questionable situation. Selling drugs???? AND for people that are prescribed "pot".. its not illegal! I know some laws are stupid but selling drugs isnt something you can try and say should be legal!
you are too vague in your posts
i never said selling drugs is good
marijuana though?
who cares
it shouldn't be illegal
also there are only like 2 states where you can be prescribed marijuana