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3/14/21
Iowa City Police say a suspected drug dealer claimed he needed the money to pay for an upcoming move.
53-year-old Ken Greene of Boston Way was booked into the Johnson County Jail just before 4:30 Saturday afternoon. Iowa City Police pulled Greene over near the corner of Muscatine Avenue and Arthur Street just before 3:45 Saturday afternoon for driving a 2007 Chevy Impala without license plates. He was arrested for Driving While Barred.
Greene was wanted for a separate incident last month. Police say he was also pulled over at Highway 6 East and Keokuk Street just after 9:45 on February 6th for a traffic violation and for not having any plates on his 2006 Buick Rendezvous. He was also arrested for Driving While Barred during that traffic stop, and a search of his vehicle allegedly turned up a digital scale with white residue, five baggies of meth, a baggie of marijuana, and approximately $160 in cash. Police say Greene also had two more baggies of meth in his socks and a meth pipe in his underwear. DCI testing later confirmed the substance on the scale and in the baggies was meth.
Greene allegedly told investigators he was trying to earn extra money to help with an upcoming move. He’s charged with two Controlled Substance Violations, a Drug Tax Stamp Violation, Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Possession of a Controlled Substance – 3rd or Subsequent Offense. If convicted on all charges, Greene faces a maximum of 43 years in prison.