Crime & Safety
Salem Man Sentenced For Marijuana Charge
Raymond Speight, Jr., was arrested for receiving 5 1/2 pounds of marijuana in the mail.
The Union Leader is reporting that a Salem man arrested in March after a drug seizure has been sentenced to 1 1/2-to-4 years in prison after pleading guilty to a charge of possession of a controlled drug with intent to distribute.
According to the paper, Raymond Speight, Jr., 23, was originally arrested for receiving 5 1/2 pounds of marijuana in the mail. At Rockingham County Superior Court, Judge N. William Delker told Speight he was "not dealing a little on the side to fuel a drug habit...You are the problem," according to the Union Leader.
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