A jury trial has been scheduled for a Meeker man who failed twice within a week to show up for his arraignment.
A formal felony charge was filed in Lincoln County District Court Sep. 23, 2022 against John Henry Hagar, 34. He is accused of possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance with the intent to distribute.
Hagar also is facing a misdemeanor count of possession of CDS.
Hagar’s arraignment was scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Nov. 21. When he failed to show up, District Judge John Canavan took a bench warrant under advisement until 9 a.m. Nov. 28.
When Hagar still failed to show for his arraignment this week on Nov. 28, Judge Canavan ordered the bench warrant and set his bond at $50,000 with the bond forfeiture order issued.
However, Hagar reportedly showed up later that morning and the judge decided to drop the warrant and bond.
Judge Canavan has set Hagar’s case for the felony disposition docket on May 7, 2024 and his jury trial is scheduled for June 17, 2024.
Hagar was arrested after officers served a search warrant on his residence across from the Meeker Town Hall in September of 2022. He had waived his preliminary hearing recently.
In Count 1, Hagar is accused on Sep. 19 at 515 W. Carl Hubbell Boulevard in Meeker in Lincoln County of possessing a quantity of marijuana with the intent to distribute.
Count 2 charges Hagar on the same date and at the same location of unlawfully possessing a quantity of methamphetamine and a quantity of Fentanyl.
Meeker Assistant Police Chief Scott Wilson said eight Meeker Police officers and one from Prague began serving the search warrant that evening on Sep. 19 as the Meeker Town Board was holding its monthly meeting across the street.
The assistant chief said when officers arrived at the house and property at 515 W. Carl Hubbell to begin searching, that no one was home. But shortly afterwards Hagar showed up with his girlfriend who dropped him off at the house and then she left, he said.
“By the time he (Hagar) showed up, we already had found two to three pounds of marijuana,” Wilson said.
Wilson claimed, “the 19 grams of fentanyl is probably enough to wipe out the Town of Meeker.”
Wilson noted officers discovered about 2½ pounds of marijuana in Hagar’s shop on the property and around another eight pounds in the house.
“A little more than a pound was found inside a diaper wrapped up,” he said.
The diaper with marijuana inside of it was found in the shop, Wilson stated.
“We also found some small personal use bags,” Wilson said.
“In all, we confiscated 15½ pounds of marijuana and the 19 grams of fentanyl,” Wilson added.
Wilson explained, “Hagar has no Medical Marijuana license whatsoever.”
Officers found several one pound bags of marijuana, about a dozen Mason jars crammed full of the drug and additional baggies.
“We’ve been investigating this for a month,” Wilson said.