On May 4, 2011 at approximately 10:15 P.M. the Howard County Sheriff’s Office received information that there were some marijuana plants growing at 131 D and J Drive.  Deputies Joey Davis and Travis Turner along with two agents with the South Central DTF went to the residence and found 14 small marijuana plants.  Officers arrested Morel Yonkers w/m dob-12/29/1953 and Amy Heyd w/f dob-2/19/1965 for Manufacturing a Controlled Substance—Marijuana.  Both subjects remain in the Howard County Jail with formal charges pending by the prosecuting attorney’s office.

Sheriff Butch Morris