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Spencer Man Arrested on Drug-Related Charges

February 02, 2023 4:12pm

A Spencer man has been arrested on multiple drug-related charges.  

According to the Spencer Police Department, a traffic stop was conducted around noon on Wednesday in the 200 block of West 8th Street in Spencer.  37-year-old Scott Atkinson was taken into custody after officers located methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.  

Atkinson is charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance Methamphetamine with Intent to Deliver, a class B felony...Failure to Affix a Drug Tax Stamp, a class D felony...and 2nd Offense Possession of a Controlled Substance Marijuana, an aggravated misdemeanor.   

Atkinson was booked into the Clay County Jail on a 25-thousand dollar bond.  The investigation is ongoing.   

 

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