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Drugs in mail bring additional charges for Marshall man

Tuesday, November 17, 2009
By KATHY FAIRCHILD/Staff writer
Bond has been set at $25,000, cash only, for Rashaad K. McDonnough, 22, of Marshall, who was charged Monday, Nov. 16, with class B felony possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute.

McDonnough has been in custody at Saline County Justice Facility since Oct. 28, after he was arrested and charged with class A felony distribution of a controlled substance near a school. Bond in that case was set at $20,000 cash only.

According to a report from Marshall police, the charges brought Monday stem from a report by a representative of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service that a package of marijuana had been detected in mail addressed to McDonnough.

The report indicates packages addressed to McDonnough were sent to various addresses in Marshall, and that when postal inspectors approached McDonnough about the contents of one of the packages, he agreed to let them look in the box.

Postal inspectors say, according to the report, that McDonnough admitted he had received marijuana by mail in the past and that he sells the drug locally.

The marijuana was turned over to Marshall police because the amount did not meet Federal guidelines for prosecution on that level.

McDonnough is scheduled to appear in court before Judge James T. "Tut" Bellamy Wednesday, Dec. 9. He is being defended by Warrensburg attorney Mary Ellen Young.

Charges contained in reports provided by law enforcement officials are not evidence of guilt. Evidence supporting charges must be presented before a jury, whose duty is to determine if the accused is guilty or not guilty of the charges.

Related story: www.marshallnews.com/story/1582887.html

Contact Kathy Fairchild at marshallhealth@socket.net

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Umpa Lumpa Do Pa De Do, I've got another puzzle for you..... Getting marijuana in the mail, gotta go to jail...

-- Posted by stiffler on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 5:14 PM

thanks for the good laugh, cosa nostra!

-- Posted by awake on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 7:40 AM

I bet that is the last time he joins the "marijuana of the month" club.

-- Posted by Cosa Nostra on Tue, Nov 17, 2009, at 7:32 PM

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