Crime & Safety

Informant Aids Task Force In Arresting Man Accused of Selling Marijuana

The informant set up a marijuana transaction in St. Charles on Friday; deputies were waiting for him on Fifth Street.

A St. Charles man faces a drug charge after officers found he had more than five grams of marijuana that he planned to deliver to an informant Friday.

David Curry, 24, of the 1200 block of North 2nd Street in St. Charles, was charged Monday with distributing or delivering a controlled substance.

St. Charles County Drug Task Force detectives reported that a confidential informant called Curry asked to buy two ounces of marijuana and arranged a meeting Friday at 620 South Fifth Street in St. Charles.

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When Curry arrived, a St. Charles County deputy approached him in his car and smelled a strong odor of marijuana. The deputy asked him where the marijuana was located, and Curry said it was in the center console in his car, according to the Drug Task Force report.

Curry posted 10 percent of a $25,000 bond and was released from St. Charles County Corrections.

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