Ex-Cop faces marijuana charges
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Friday, February 27, 2009 at 9:44 a.m.

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FLINT (AP) -- A former Flint police officer faces federal charges that he and another man brought more than $1 million worth of marijuana into the state with plans to sell it.

Reports say a raid on Akil Young's home in Davisburg found 1,400 pounds of packaged marijuana in his garage. The 36-year-old and 29-year-old Johnny Earl-Milo Taylor II of Flint were arrested Wednesday by local and federal authorities.

The men are being held and expected to appear in U.S. District Court in Flint Friday for a detention hearing. The marijuana conspiracy charge carries a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison and a $2 million fine.

David Koelzer, who served as the public defender for both men, said Friday he expects they will have new attorneys at the hearing

(Copyright ©2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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