Murrah High School Assistant Football Coach Robert Landers got some good news and bad new this morning in Rankin County Court.
Rankin County deputies arrested Landers last week and charged him with two counts of trafficking a controlled substance. His bond was $600,000.
Postal inspectors intercepted a packaged addressed to Landers. It was shipped from Oklahoma. After the drug dog detected drugs in the package, Inspectors opened the package and discovered 13 lbs of high-grade marijuana and 7 lbs of a white, pasty substance determined to be meth.
The inspectors contacted Rankin County deputies and set up a "controlled delivery." The package was delivered to the Landers home under surveillance. The deputies removed the package after Landers failed to appear at his home that day. The defendant went to the post office the next day and wanted to know where his package was since it was reported delivered. Earlier post with affidavit
Landers' little excursion gave law enforcement what it needed to execute a search warrant and arrest Landers on November 10.
The good news for Landers is Rankin County Court Judge David Morrow said the crime lab tested the paste and found it was not meth or any other drug. Landers attorney Aafram Sellers moved to dismiss one count of trafficking. Judge Morrow granted the motion.
The bad news for Landers is he still stands accused of trafficking 13 lbs of marijuana. Sellers argued it the shipment was for his personal use but Judge Morrow wasn't buying it as he considered bond for the Murrah High School teacher.
Assistant District Attorney Ryan Berry asked Judge Morrow to reduce Landers' bond to $250,000 since one charge was withdrawn. Sellers said his client served eight years in the military and is working on his master's degree at Belhaven University.
Judge Morrow said the crime is punishable by 0-20 years in prison. He said it was "appropriate" to set bond at the "upper end" of the guidelines. The Court noted the drug shipment was not related in any way to his role as a teacher.
The Court set Landers bond at $150,000. He will not have to wear an ankle monitor while free on bond.
17 comments:
7 pounds of a white pasty substance presumably meth tested negative for meth, who's zooming who? Enquiring minds and whatnot. Cash seized tested negative for cash also?
I wonder if he’ll get a refund on the 7 lbs
13 lbs for personal use is quite a lot unless you're personally using it for an unlicensed dispensary.
Probably baking soda to hide the smell of high grade weed.
Has Murrah fired him yet? They have cause.
What a waste of good marijuana medicine.
Sounds like law enforcement owes him a apology
I used to smoke a lot of weed back in the day before the statute of limitations ran out. 1-2oz per month is a lot of reefer. 13lbs would last a good hot minute.
That's really methed up that they drug his name through the weeds like this for charges that ended up going up in smoke.
Probably the dumbest comment of the day.
Well the 13 pounds of pot is real. So no, not really. He did it to himself.
So...A school teacher has 13 lbs of weed...and is surrounded by teenage kids all day...For "His Own Use"...Right...
He thought that he was receiving meth but he got stiffed.
13 pounds of 'high grade' would last a recreational user 13 years. Axe me how I know.
There’s nothing wrong with grown adults smoking weed. If your 21 it’s none of the governments business if you chose too smoke weed in your home. And no I never would do it because I value my health but I can’t force grown adults to make the same choice. It’s more than the weed itself it’s the right of grown adults to make a choice
Unless the law has changed, once the amount is above a certain number, its intent to distribute whether the defendant pleads otherwise or not. Don’t know much about drugs, but 13 pounds isn’t personal use
Even more reason to legalize Maryjane! But while doing so don’t mess up the control like the state has done with alcohol!
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