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Accused drug dealer gets away with only two days in jail

MASON CITY – Kory John Ferden, age 24, was booked into the Cerro Gordo County Jail at 11:24 AM on Tuesday to serve the remaining 20 hours of a two day sentence following a voluntary plea agreement.

Ferden was charged in March 2011 with one count of possession with intent to deliver psilocybin, two counts of delivery of marijuana, possession with intent to deliver marijuana, and two counts of failure to affix a drug tax stamp. If convicted of all seven felony counts Ferdin could have received up to 45 years in prison under Iowa drug laws.

According to court records a search warrant was executed October 6th, 2010 on Ferdin’s residence after controlled buys. During the search the North Central Iowa Drug Task Force recovered more two pounds, ten ounces of marijuana, and a half ounce of psilocybin, hallucinogenic mushrooms known as shrooms on the street.

In a plea change hearing on November 21st Judge Colleen Weiland amended the felony possession with intent to deliver of psilocybin to a serious misdemeanor charge of possession of psilocybin. In addition Judge Colleen Weiland dismissed one count of delivery of marijuana, the two counts of failure to affix a drug tax stamp, and an unrelated driving while revoked charge.

On Tuesday, January 17th, Judge Colleen Weiland sentenced Kory Ferden to 2 days in jail with credit for 26 hours following his initial arrest for the amended serious misdemeanor voluntary guilty plea of possession of psilocybin.

Judge Colleen Weiland then gave Ferden deferred judgements for the delivery of marijuana and the possession of the two pounds, ten ounces of marijuana found in during the search warrant’s execution. As part of Ferden’s deferred judgment he must complete three years of probation with the Iowa Department of Corrections, upon completion the marijuana charges will be stricken from his record.

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