Christopher Maurice Savage

Christopher Maurice Savage, 30, with two counts of delivery of a controlled substance Jan. 15 after confidential informants working with the 5th Judicial District Drug Task Force allegedly engaged in two controlled purchases of methamphetamine with Savage in mid-November, according to a probable-cause statement filed in circuit court. <br />A total of 17 grams of methamphetamine passed hands in the transactions, according to the statement. <br />Bourne ordered Savage, who said he is currently on probation in connection with a 2003 conviction for possession of a controlled substance, held on a $150,000 bond, citing his prior history of arrest and failure to appear in court.

Christopher Maurice Savage

Christopher Maurice Savage, 30, with two counts of delivery of a controlled substance Jan. 15 after confidential informants working with the...

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David Alberto Martinez

David Alberto Martinez, 17, who is accused of selling seven grams of methamphetamine to an informant in exchange for $700 cash, also appeared in a bond hearing in November following a previous drug-related arrest. <br />The latest incident involving Martinez allegedly occurred Nov. 15, just a few days after the Nov. 9 hearing in which Bourne ordered him held on a $200,000 bond on suspicion of possession and delivery of methamphetamine, according to a probable-cause statement filed in circuit court. <br />Fifth Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney David Gibbons has since filed charges to that effect against Martinez. <br />Bourne on Friday ordered Martinez held on a $250,000 bond in connection with the latest arrest, while Circuit Judge Jim Kennedy previously signed an order to revoke the previous $200,000 bond after the newest charges were filed, according to information presented at the hearing. <br />Martinez’s attorney, Richard Young, argued his client was attempting “to get his life straightened out” in requesting Bourne set a lower amount. <br />Bourne, however, was undeterred, and proceeded to set the amount in keeping with the deputy prosecuting attorney’s request. <br />“It is my concern that no matter what he is told, and what burden is put on him, he continues to break the law,” Bourne said.

David Alberto Martinez

David Alberto Martinez, 17, who is accused of selling seven grams of methamphetamine to an informant in exchange for $700 cash, also appeare...

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