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Meth bust behind jail among drug arrests | The Journal Gazette | Fort Wayne, IN

Meth bust behind jail among drug arrests The Journal Gazette Fort Wayne, IN: "Kosciusko County officers reported arresting six people over the weekend on drug charges.
The string of drug task force arrests began Friday morning at a residence behind the county jail, according to a written statement from the sheriff’s department.
It said Roger James Coleman, 37, of Syracuse, and Angela Kaye Tjernagel, 30, of Warsaw, were arrested at 10 a.m. in the 100 block of North Washington Street. Each was preliminarily charged with possession of methamphetamine, with bond set at $2,000.
The next drug arrest occurred at 3:49 p.m. Friday when task force and Warsaw officers stopped Leisa Anne Bowling, 44, of Warsaw, near the intersection of Indiana 25 and County Road 250 South.
Bowling was preliminarily charged with possession of methamphetamine, with bond set at $2,000, the statement said.
On Saturday night, an 18-year-old Warsaw man and a 29-year-old Silver Lake man were arrested in the 3200 block of West Coy Road in Silver Lake, accused of visiting a common nuisance and possession of marijuana. Bond for each was set at $450.
Michelle Lee Blankenship, 39, of the Coy Road address, was preliminarily charged with possession of a controlled substance and maintaining a common nuisance, the statement said. Her bond was set at $2,000."

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