Oct 09, 2008 - 04:06:00 CDT
Five people face felony drug charges after marijuana was left behind in Bismarck hotel rooms.Miranda Willie, 21, Tawnie Willie, 22, Anthony Mosely, 22, Jennifer Warren, 19, and Dustin Ford, 19, were charged Wednesday with possession of marijuana with intent to deliver and conspiracy to possess marijuana with intent to deliver, both Class Bfelonies, and possession of drug paraphernalia, a Class Amisdemeanor.
Miranda Willie and Tawnie Willie, both of Pierre, S.D., also were charged with possession of hydrocodone, a Class Cfelony, and possession of stolen property, a Class B misdemeanor. Mosely, Warren and Ford are from Bismarck.
South Central District Judge Donald Jorgensen set bond for Miranda Willie, Tawnie Willie and Anthony Moseley at $10,000 cash; for Jennifer Warren at $5,000 cash; and for Dustin Ford at $5,000 cash or surety.
Bismarck Police Lt. Randy Ziegler said employees at Super 8, 1124 E. Capitol Ave., called police on Tuesday to report finding marijuana in a hotel room after asking the occupants of the room to leave. Police found 4 ounces of the drug, then determined who had stayed in the room, Ziegler said.
He said police thought the occupants might come back to the hotel for the marijuana, so they waited in the area and pulled over a 2005 black Cadillac Escalade. A police canine alerted authorities about the vehicle, and more drugs and paraphernalia were found inside, Ziegler said. He said officers also found marijuana in a hotel room at Day's Inn, 1300 Capitol Ave., where Warren and Ford had been staying.
In all, police confiscated $2,500 in marijuana, two hydrocodone pills and drug paraphernalia, Ziegler said. He said the Escalade also was confiscated, since drugs were found inside.
The SUV is registered out of South Dakota, but is not registered to any of the people arrested, he said.
(Reach reporter Jenny Michael at 250-8225 or jenny.michael@bismarcktribune.com.)
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