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VI iiawbuilt for hunting and a tree house Gary had built for the kids Tegeder says his “attack” dogs — a Doberman and a German shepherd are watch dogs They’ll watch you walk up and take everything on my place They're good for chasing rabbits, and that’s about all Schiffbauer says he has three German shepherds, one rnutt. one black Lab. one Brittany spaniel and nine puppies You wanna buy a puppy'' llviv ill VIIV-Sheriff Brown, upon hearing of what might be out there knew it was time to test the mutual aid compact he and other sheriffs in southwest Iowa had signed earlier m the year Basically, the compact holds that when one sheriff needs help, the others come running - _The calls were placed on Friday, and by early evening. 63 officers had respond^We didn t tell nobody what we had until they got in town.' Brown says When we started issuing the bullet-proof vests and told them about the snipers and dogs we heard were there.But 1 knew all our guys 1 looked . them in the face and watched close to I see if anyone was getting loo jittery We don't have the experience at this kind of thing that you’ll find in met ropolitan areas, but 1 think we had I everyone under control’■The eight persons arrested were charged with possession with intent to deliver, a felony carrying a five-year prison sentence upon conviction The three women arrested were released on their own recogniiance early Sunday morning The five men were released on |5.t00 bond each over the next two days4Green quickly dismissed charges against four of the eighti had filed the charges on the verbal reports of the officers at the raid, he says When 1 got the written reports. 1 decided 1 couidn I prove construcuve possession by four of them 'The other four the Schiffbauers. Danny Tegeder and Fitzpatrick were scheduled for Inal Nov 16 in Mills County Dislnci Court A jury panel of about 60 - being paid |10 a day plus mileage - was onworth It 'Sheriff Brown says he is not surprised over what happened in court I'm pretty calloused to courtdmsiofis.’ he says “My job u to get them there, and that's what I did Fven if we didn’t get the big convictions, still, we put these people out of business, or sure put a hell of a dent in It Everyone knows they're hot now, and no one will want to deal with them ■Lcokiig ha«kThen there’s Fitzpatrick, who says when be looks back on the bust, two thoughts comeTirmTnd—ttMl be awhile before we do it again, and I wish we’d a got away with it We d a made a lot of money ’’But he s nursing another businessideaThe Omaha paper said that after the bust, this Gienwood cop Max Hammer dusted off bis pants and said. It was a good Uck.’ ” Fitzpatrick says-I want to get some T-sbirts printed up wiib marijuana leaves and that quotation on them '
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Des Moines Register
Des Moines, Iowa, US
Sun, Dec 12, 1976
Page 93
Full Page
Clipped by
Council B.
IA, USA 09 Jul 2018
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