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Imbulaaets HitrtGreen finished preparing the search warrant and the long wait for the go-ahead phone call from the Omaha police began.Ii^arly Saturday morning, the Mills County force learned the alleged drug delivery had been stalled until Saturday night, and the officers dispersedNot all the officers returned that night Varying accounts have the raiding party sized at 27, 37 and 47 There were sheriffs, deputies, highway patrol trodpcrs. local police officers and “about 12 special deputies** from Mills County, arcofding to Sheriff BrownfThe “special deputies are farmers and businessmen who from time to time act as a posse for BrownWhen the call came from Omaha about 9:30 pm., the attack was mobilized. Ambulances from Glenwood were summoned to points a few miles from the raid sites, in case they were needed. Road blocks were established.Brown said the officers scrambledproperty had been mi.s-identified in the search warrantHow**“I had a deputy sheriff go to the auditor*s office to get the proper description of the property. Green says “It was Just a human mistake by them If we learned a lesson, it's that we shouldn't have put down any legal description Just take a picture and say this is the property we re going to search.Still, authorities had confiscated all that marijuana.Green back-pedaled and offered to reduce charges to simple possession of marijuana - a misdemeanor. The four pleaded guilty and were fined |300 each.We all wanted to fight the charge. says Schlffbauer, but we got off so much cheaper by pleading guilty and taking the fine than having to pay attorneys' fees for a trial.One of the defense attorneys, Ralph Smith, of Millard, Neb., is an area attorney for the National Organiution for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORMLVThe only reason I consented to
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Des Moines Register
Des Moines, Iowa, US
Sun, Dec 12, 1976
Page 93
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