[Vision2020] Levi Johnston's Mother hit with drug chargesLeviJohnston's Mother Hit With Drug Charges

[deb]

Well. Imagine that. (please notice the flat tone, the unsurprised voice, and 
the near catatonic verbalizations.)

Things that make one go Hmmmm.....
And Palin is still looking at the presidency? Perhaps not....though that 
presumes she and the religious right have half a brain. That, of course, is 
questionable.

Debi R-S


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
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Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 5:10 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] Levi Johnston's Mother hit with drug 
chargesLeviJohnston's Mother Hit With Drug Charges


> Courtesy of today's (December 19, 2008) Anchorage Daily News at:
>
> http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/crime/story/628010.html
>
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> Levi Johnston's mother hit with drug charges
> Arrested: her son was in the spotlight as father of Bristol Palin's baby.
>
> By ZAZ HOLLANDER
> zhollander at adn.com
>
> WASILLA -- A 42-year-old Wasilla woman was arrested Thursday at her home
> by Alaska State Troopers with a search warrant in an undercover drug
> investigation. Sherry L. Johnston was charged with six felony counts of
> misconduct involving a controlled substance.
>
> Johnston is the mother of Levi Johnston, the Wasilla 18-year-old who
> received international attention in September when Gov. Sarah Palin and
> her husband, Todd, announced their teenage daughter was pregnant and he
> was the father. Bristol Palin, 18, is due on Saturday, according to a
> recent interview with the governor's father, Chuck Heath.
>
> Troopers served the warrant at Johnston's home at the "conclusion of an
> undercover narcotics investigation," said a statement issued Thursday by
> the troopers as part of the normal daily summary of activity around the
> state.
>
> Troopers charged Johnston with second-degree misconduct involving a
> controlled substance -- generally manufacturing or delivering drugs -- as
> well as fourth-degree misconduct involving controlled substances, or
> possession.
>
> Troopers released no other information, including the kind or amount of
> drugs, because details could jeopardize an ongoing investigation,
> spokeswoman Megan Peters said.
>
> Asked how long the investigation had proceeded before Johnston's arrest,
> Peters would only say "a while."
>
> The Palmer District Attorney's office had no comment.
>
> Sherry Johnston was arrested around noon and booked at Mat-Su Pretrial
> Facility, according to a booking officer there. She was released on a
> $5,000 unsecured bond just after 2 p.m.
>
> No charging documents had been filed at Palmer courthouse by the end of
> the day, a clerk said.
>
> Levi Johnston sat with Bristol and the rest of the Palin family in St.
> Paul, Minn., during Gov. Palin's speech to the Republican National
> Convention, and he joined the family on the stage afterwards.
>
> When asked about the arrest, Palin's spokesman, Bill McAllister, issued
> the following statement by e-mail: "This is not a state government matter.
> Therefore the governor's communications staff will not be providing
> comment or scheduling interview opportunities."
>
> Johnston didn't come to the door of her home on Caribou Loop Road outside
> Wasilla on Thursday afternoon. A teenage boy who answered the door said he
> couldn't provide any information.
>
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> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
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