SHEBOYGAN – Three men were arrested and charged with various drug-related crimes after police found more than 2 pounds of marijuana in an apartment.
Julio Rojas, 22, and Clemente Rojas, 20, were each charged with maintaining a drug trafficking place as party to a crime and bail jumping, both felonies, while Arturo Negrete, 24, was charged with felony possession of THC with intent to deliver.
According to the criminal complaint:
Officers responded to an apartment on the 700 block of North Avenue after a resident complained that his apartment started to smell like “a skunk” and that he believed his neighbors were doing drugs.
Police responding smelled marijuana coming from Clemente’s apartment.
Officer later went into the basement and found a small plastic bag containing marijuana.
Officers obtained a search warrant for the home and found several bags of marijuana that, combined weighed 994.1 grams or about 2.2 pounds. Both Julio and Clemente Rojas told the officers that the marijuana belonged to their uncle, Negrete.
In an interview with police, Clemente Rojas said he knew that his apartment smelled of marijuana, but did not think much of it and was unaware of the marijuana stored in his apartment.
