On Monday, Dec. 7 a search warrant was executed at 903 Drake Ave. in Centerville, the residence of 35-year-old Zachary Donald Price, according to a Centerville Police Department press release.
During the execution of the warrant officers located and seized methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia and United States currency.
Price was arrested and charged with possession with intent to deliver a schedule II controlled substance, methamphetamine, within 1,000 feet of a public school, a class C felony; neglect or abandonment of a dependent person, a class C felony; and possession of drug paraphernalia, a simple misdemeanor.
Price is currently being held in the Appanoose County Jail with a bond set at $60,300.
The search warrant was executed through a joint effort of the South Central Iowa Drug Task Force, Centerville Police Department, Appanoose County Sheriff’s Office, Appanoose County Attorney, Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement and Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
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