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Back to Jail for Selling Cocaine

(Michigan City, IN) - A convicted cocaine dealer from Michigan City could return to prison.  Anttwon Merriweather, 44, is charged with two counts of level 2 felony dealing in cocaine or narcotic drug.

 

According to court documents, he was caught twice selling a large amount of cocaine in February and March of this year.  Police said the first transaction involved 14.1 grams of crack cocaine for $280 outside Walgreens in the 1800 block of Franklin Street.  He next received $560 in exchange for 14 grams of crack cocaine in the area of Barker Avenue and Maple Street.

 

Merriweather is being held in the La Porte County Jail on $20,000 bond. 

 

In 2005, Merriweather was given a 10-year sentence for dealing cocaine.  According to court records, six years of the sentence was spent on work release while the balance was served on probation.

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