COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Two drug suspects were arraigned Monday in Branch County District Court following their arrests in a Coldwater Police Department undercover investigation.
34-year-old Joseph Michael Bicknell of Quincy and 36-year-old Lantz Banford Brown of Angola, Indiana are both facing charges of delivering or manufacturing crystal methamphetamine. Brown is also charged with being in possession of marijuana.
Court documents indicate the arrests took place after a confidential informant made a $60 controlled meth buy at the Coldwater Wal Mart store and police stopped a vehicle driven by Bicknell since they had information he was driving while his license was suspended. Brown was a passenger in the vehicle.
Police say they found meth and marijuana during a search.
Both men have criminal pasts and are looking at significant prison time if they are convicted. Probable cause conferences have been scheduled for May 23, 2017 with preliminary exams May 30, 2017.
