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Carlson’s Faces Fed Charges March 17

This banner honoring Jerry Carlson was hanging in the gym at Coeur d'Alene High School on Monday, February 23, 2009. (Kathy Plonka / The Spokesman-Review)
This banner honoring Jerry Carlson was hanging in the gym at Coeur d'Alene High School on Monday, February 23, 2009. (Kathy Plonka / The Spokesman-Review)

This banner was hanging in the gym at Coeur d'Alene High School on Monday. Jerry Carlson, a prominent Coeur d'Alene insurance agent and school booster has been charged with possessing 5 grams of cocaine last week is part of a larger criminal conspiracy investigation involving at least a half a kilo of the drug. In addition to a state charge of possession of a controlled substance, Jerry S. Carlson faces three federal charges related to distribution of more than 500 grams of cocaine that took place over several months. Carlson faces arraignment on the federal charges @ 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 17. Kathy Plonka/Spokesman-Review.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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