HAMBURG, IA – Deputies with the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office, Thursday (Jan. 1st), with assistance from the Iowa State Patrol, executed a narcotics search warrant at a residence on Lake Street in Hamburg. The warrant followed an investigation by the Fremont County K9 Unit into the distribution of methamphetamine within the community. During the search, deputies recovered methamphetamine and various items of paraphernalia associated with the distribution of illegal narcotics.

As a result of the investigation, two individuals were taken into custody and transported to the Fremont County Jail.

Those arrested include:

53-year-old James Leroy Clark, and 57-year-old Jack Alan Odell, both of Hamburg. Each was charged with Possession of drug paraphernalia, with Odell also facing a Possession of a Controlled Substance charge. His bond was set at $1,300.

• A Controlled Substance Violation (Trafficking Methamphetamine, 5g – 100kg)

• Failure to Affix a Drug Tax Stamp

• Keeping a Premise or Vehicle for Controlled Substances

• Possession of a Controlled Substance (3rd or Subsequent Offense)

Clark was being held in the Fremont County Jail on a $43,300 bond. You can read about several more, individual arrests through the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, the link to which is found on our Facebook page.

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Note: A criminal charge is merely an accusation, and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law.