| January
19, 2001 |
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| Hale Facing Drug
Charges |
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| The Burke County Narcotics Task Force, along
with Morganton Department of Public Safety officers and K-9 "Boyke", arrested a
43-year-old Morganton man on January 18th for possession with intent to sell
and deliver crack cocaine. |
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| Ronald Erwin Hale of 1568 Silvers Street was
approached by officers acting on a tip as he sat behind the wheel of his
vehicle, which was parked at 401 Vine Arden Street. |
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| Hale exited the vehicle and put a pill bottle
inside his jacket pocket, according to officers. He was confronted by police
and allegedly stated, "This is all I have." A search of the pill bottle yielded
what appeared to be two rocks of crack cocaine. |
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| A search of Hale and his vehicle resulted in
several items of drug paraphernalia being confiscated, as well as some
currency. |
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| Additional charges are pending against Hale, who
had a first court appearance on January 19th after being placed under a $10,000
secured bond. |
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