Man Arrested with Backpack 'Full of Weed' Wanted on Clinton Township Drug Charge

Man arrested with backpack 'full of weed' in Mount Clemens

A 34-year-old Detroit man wanted for possession of marijuana in Clinton Township was arrested March 3 in a Mount Clemens drug bust.

Donnie Butler, Jr. was arraigned Monday in 41B District Court in Clinton Township on a charge of possession with intent to deliver. His bond was set at $5,000, or 10 percent. On the possession warrant out of Clinton Township, he was sentenced to 60 days in the county jail or a $614 fine, according to the Macomb County Sheriff's Office.

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Sheriff's deputies stopped Butler shortly after 5:30 p.m. March 3 as he was leaving a known drug house on Euclid Street in Mount Clemens.

When questioned about the contents of the backpack he was carrying, Butler told deputies it was "full of weed." A search revealed 67 small baggies of marijuana (34 grams), two large sandwich bags of marijuana (approximately 1/8 lb), 15 small bags or marijuana (1 gram), packaging materials and $207 cash, according to the sheriff's report.

The backpack also contained an airsoft pistol that had been altered to look real, deputies say.

Butler has a prior conviction for drugs, according to the sheriffs' office.

Clinton Township man flashes handgun during flat tire dispute

A 48-year-old Clinton Township man is facing a felonious assault charge after police say he flashed a handgun during a Feb. 28 fight with employees at an area auto shop.

Employees at the Royalty Auto Lube Oil Change Shop on Groesbeck told Macomb County sheriff's deputies that the fight started around 10:20 a.m. and centered on flattened tires on the suspect's vehicle.

In the argument that followed, store employees noticed the man kept his hand in his pocket where the handle of a gun was visible, according to the sheriff's report.

The fight turned physical and the suspect fled the store. Sheriff's deputies stopped the suspect's car a short distance away and confiscated a .357 caliber handgun.

The man was arrested for felonious assault. However, police say he does have a Concealed Pistol License.

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