EDWARDS CO.—This just in as a press release from the office of Mike Valentine, Edwards County State’s Attorney:
In coordination with the Southern Illinois Drug Task Force, Edwards County State’s Attorney Mike Valentine has
charged four individuals with 11 overall counts of drug dealing in Edwards County.Rita Brand has been charged with 6 counts of Class 3 felony delivery of controlled substance.Brandon Raymond has been charged with 2 counts of Class 3 felony delivery of controlled substances.A currently undisclosed individual has been charged with 2 counts of Class 3 felony delivery of cannabis.And Joey Dial has been charged with a Class 3 felony delivery of cannabis.Brandon Raymond has been arrested on the charges Valentine filed. Joey Dial is presently incarcerated in the Illinois Dept. of Corrections on a previous Edwards County prison sentence. Rita Brand and the currently undisclosed individual have not yet been taken into custody.
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