One of two defendants in a drug case is scheduled for sentencing Friday.
24-year-old Rayland Brown was charged with possession of crack cocaine, possession of marijuana, both with intent to distribute and possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to package for sale. He also has another case scheduled for sentencing where he was charged with the sale of cocaine going back to February 27, 2013.
He apparently agreed to a plea offer from the state which means they wouldn’t amend the complaint against him. That included upping the severity level for the possession of cocaine charge, changing the marijuana charge to having a form of synthetic marijuana with intent to distribute and adding two new charges of being in possession of two different prescription type drugs.
Both defendants had the option of entering a plea avoiding the change in the complaint. Brown apparently excepted while a co-defendant, 21-year-old Dwayne Lewis of Wichita did not. He could face trial on the amended charges.
The case against the two centers on a Hutchinson Police Officer making a traffic stop in the 500 block of East 1st. That allegedly led to the discovery of crack cocaine and marijuana, both allegedly in a distribution amount.
Both men are under supervision here in Reno County for previous drug cases.