Cpl. Bart Veal

Public Information Officer

903-798-3187 (office) 903-798-2368 (pager)

903-824-4199 (cell) 903-798-3023 (fax)

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Re: Narcotics Search Warrant Nets 1.5 pounds of Methamphetamine

On 07/08/2004 at 9:30pm Investigators with the Joint Narcotics Task Force executed a search warrant at 5800 block of Dooley Ferry Rd. in Texarkana, Arkansas. As a result they located 1.5 pounds of methamphetamine, which has a street value of under $115,000,00 and over $8,000 in U. S. currency. Investigators also located 24 guns various types of handguns, shotguns and rifles in the residence.

Although Investigators found video surveillance equipment, a bulletproof vest and motion detectors throughout the home, no one was injured during the execution of the search warrant.

44-year-old Ronald Gerald Patterson was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver and Simultaneous Possession of Firearms and Drugs. 37-year-old Coleen Sandra Buck was arrested for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

Thank you and you can visit the Texarkana Arkansas Police Department online at http://www.txkusa.org/arkpolice.