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Sikeston couple arrested for drugs
BENTON - A Sikeston couple was arrested after law enforcement officers found multiple pipes and other paraphernalia use to smoke illegal drugs.
Joshua D. Powell, 24, and Samantha D. Wilkinson of rural Sikeston are charged with the felonies of possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia and misdemeanor possession of marijuana.
On Saturday, deputies went to rural Sikeston residence in an attempt to serve an active warrant to Powell for possession of a controlled substance. According to Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter, deputies made contact with Powell who resides in an outbuilding on the property with Wilkinson.
Powell was arrested on the warrant, however, deputies asked permission to search the residence due to Wilkinson trying to block the deputies from looking in, Walter said. After receiving permission to go inside the residence, deputies located a box containing syringes, a burnt spoon and a glass smoking pipe, which contained a white substance, the sheriff reported. In the night stand was another glass smoking pipe with a white substance inside and a metal smoking pipe with burnt residue consistent with burnt marijuana was found.
"In a dresser was a light bulb. It had been altered for smoking methamphetamine," the Sheriff said in a news release. "It also contained a white substance. The glass pipes and light bulb tested positive for methamphetamine."
Powell and Wilkinson were placed under arrest. After being read their Miranda Rights, Powell and Wilkinson admitted in using the paraphernalia to smoke methamphetamine. .
Powell and Wilkinson remain in custody at the Scott County Jail. Bond was set by the court at $5,000 cash only on both subjects.