Mississippi coast official indicted, allegedly sold drugs out of his CBD stores – Medical Marijuana Program Connection

A Biloxi, Miss., city councilman was arrested Thursday on a warrant from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency after a federal grand jury indicted him on charges he was selling a controlled substance out of CBD stores he owns in Mississippi and North Carolina, the Sun Herald is reporting.

Deming, an attorney in his third term on the Biloxi City Council, was indicted on two counts of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance and one count of destruction, alteration or falsification of records in a federal investigation.

Deming made his initial court appearance Friday. He was denied bond pending a hearing in federal court in Gulfport Monday.

In January, federal agents raided Deming’s home and businesses. Deming owns six Candy Shop stores in Mississippi and North Carolina, as well as his legal practice and D.K. Marine, LLC.

The items seized during the Mississippi raids and subject to forfeiture include, according to the newspaper:

• $575,746.00 in cash DEA agents seized at Deming’s home in the upscale Taylor Oaks subdivision in Biloxi
• $1,230,559.27 in cash also seized during a Jan. 26 search of Deming’s home
• $4,040.00 in cash DEA agents seized from a vehicle registered to Deming at his Biloxi home
• $73,328.24 in cash DEA agents seized from The Candy Shop LLC in Ocean Springs.
• Property at 946 Caroline Drive in Biloxi in the name of Robert L. Deming III
• All funds held in Legend Trading, Inc., a cryptocurrency account in the name of Robert Deming
• All funds in a…