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A DEFIANT CROOKSTON POT SMOKER
TELLS OFFICERS THAT HE
WON'T STOP SELLING MARIJUANA.
NINETEEN- YEAR-OLD NATHAN BLACK
OF CROOKSTON FACES ONE COUNT OF
5TH DEGREE
SALE OF A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE... AND ONE COUNT OF
5TH DEGREE POSSESSION OF A
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
EACH CARRIES A MAXIMUM SENTENCE
OF 5- YEARS IN PRISON.
VALLEY NEWS TEAMS NEIL CARLSON
SHOWS US MORE
REGARDING THIS UNUSUAL DRUG BUST
IN POLK COUNTY.
LAST MONTH A TROOPER PULLED OVER
NATHAN BLACK IN CROOKSTON ON
SUSPICION OF TEXTING WHILE
DRIVING.
THE TROOPER SMELLED MARIJUANA
COMING
FROM THE CAR AND FOUND JUST OVER
AN
OUNCE OF IT, ALONG WITH 2
MEASURING SCALES,
A MARIJUANA GRINDER AND
15-HUNDRED
DOLLARS IN BLACK'S CAR.
THAT'S WHEN NATHAN BLACK WAS
HAULED OFF TO JAIL, WHERE IN A
STATEMENT
TO OFFICERS, HE MADE IT VERY
CLEAR ABOUT HIS PREFERENCE FOR
POT.
BLACK TOLD OFFICERS HE SMOKES IT
3 TIMES
A DAY AND PAYS 200 TO 300
DOLLARS AN
OUNCE TO A SOURCE THAT MEETS HIM
AT THE
HALFWAY MARK FROM BEMIDJI. BLACK
ALSO STATED TO OFFICERS THAT HE
WOULD
NEVER WIND UP IN MORE TROUBLE BY
SELLING TO A CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMANT, BECAUSE HE HAS A
TIGHT GROUP
OF FRIENDS. AND DURING THAT
INTERVIEW AN
OFFICER TOLD HIM TO STOP SELLING
MARIJUANA. ACCORDING TO COURT
DOCUMENTS,
NATHAN BLACK REPLIED, "NO". IN
CROOKSTON, NEIL CARLSON, VALLEY
NEWS
LIVE.
BLACK'S TELEPHONE ALSO
HAD MULTIPLE TEXT MESSAGES ON IT
THAT REFERENCED
DRUG SALES, SUCH AS: "WONDERING
IF YOU'VE GOT ANYTHING LEFT?
NATHAN BLACK HAS APPLIED FOR
A COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEY.