Thread: NC DEM STATE SENATE CANDIDATE ARRESTED FOR TRAFFICKING HEROIN

NC DEM STATE SENATE CANDIDATE ARRESTED FOR TRAFFICKING HEROIN




by TONY LEE 20 Oct 2012, 12:00 PM PDT 36POST A COMMENT
A North Carolina Democrat running for state Senate was arrested for trafficking heroin on Thursday.

According to the Raleigh News-Observer, Castalia town commissioner Clarence Bender was arrested during a traffic stop. Nash County and Drug Enforcement Agency officials had been investigating Bender for two months.

Bender, who was challenging Republican Buck Newton, has been charged with "with three counts of trafficking opium or heroin and maintaining a place for keeping and storage of a controlled substance."

He is being held in jail under a $300,000 bond.

NC Dem State Senate Candidate Arrested For Trafficking Heroin

NC Senate candidate arrested on drug charges

, OCT 19, 2012 02:

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tags: NC Candidate Drug Charge
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. -- Authorities say a Democratic candidate for the N.C. Senate is in jail on charges that he sold prescription pills from his home.

Castalia town commissioner Clarence Alexander Bender was arrested during a traffic stop Thursday by Nash County deputies. Bender is charged with three counts of trafficking opium or heroin and maintaining a place for keeping and storage of a controlled substance.

Bender is being held in the Nash County jail under a $300,000 bond. He was scheduled to appear in court on Friday.
Sheriff's Lt. Dennis Wooten said the arrest culminated a two-month investigation involving the Nash County Sheriff's Office and the Drug Enforcement Agency.

Bender was challenging Republican incumbent Buck Newton for the 11th District seat, which represents Nash, Wilson and Johnston counties.
NC Senate candidate arrested on drug charges - State - NewsObserver.com


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