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Two men with UTM ties charged in raids

Crack cocaine, cash, guns found in house during raid


Updated: October 27, 2003 7 p.m.

A midday drug raid in Martin led to the arrest of one registered and one former UTM student on drug charges and the seizure of about seven ounces of crack cocaine, firearms and money.

Jason Turner, 26, and Jonathan Stout, 26, both of 615 Highway 431, were scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday afternoon in Weakley County General Sessions Court on charges of possession of Schedule II crack cocaine with intent to resell and illegal possession of firearms.

According to Martin Police reports, after MPD Lt. Sammy Liles and investigator Randal Walker obtained information to secure a search warrant, MPD officers, accompanied by deputies with the Weakley County Sheriff’s Department, executed the warrant about 4 p.m.

Inside, officers recovered the cocaine, drug paraphernalia, $335 cash and four firearms, including a shotgun and SKS 7.62mm rifle.

Disclosure of any university disciplinary action against these students cannot occur under Tennessee’s amended Public Records Act.

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Above, a 7.62mm assault rifle and ammunition lay on the bed of one of the suspects. $335 was also confiscated.