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07/14/2017

Newton County Sheriff Keith Slape said that 51 year old Jerry Randall Kent of Mt Judea was arrested for manufacture of a controlled substance, marijuana,July 13. Newton County deputies, Arkansas Game and Fish Officers, 14th Judicial Drug Task Force and DEA were conducting a drug eradication mission and found the marijuana being cultivated in Mr. Kent's yard. Kent was released on a $5000 bond.