A Hutchinson couple facing felony and misdemeanor charges after a drug bust was scheduled to be in court Wednesday for a preliminary hearing, but as happens often, it was continued at the request of the defense.
The case against 32-year-old Jeramy Zwickl and 36-year-old Melissa Hamby of 719 East C, starts back on August 27 when a drug related search was executed on a 2006 Ford Mustang registered to the pair. Allegedly located in the trunk of the car was three individual vacuum sealed bags of marijuana weighing about a pound each. Also located were maps and drug paraphernalia.
The Reno County Drug Unit then served a search warrant on their home on East C, where they allegedly found drug paraphernalia, mushrooms, marijuana as well as growing equipment in a hidden room in the basement.
Both face charges of possession of marijuana with intent to sell, no drug tax stamp, possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to cultivate more then five plants of marijuana, possession of hallucinogenic mushrooms and possession of personal use drug paraphernalia.
The hearing was scheduled in front of Judge Joe McCarville, but has now been set for July 25.