Two men charged with drug possession waived their cases to court this week.
Charges against a third man were dismissed.
According to police, George Martin Sr. and 38, George Martin Jr., 18, both of 215 Friendship St. and Maurice M. Caldwell, 22, of 112 W. Grant St., were charged July 27, after a search warrant was served at the Martins’ Friendship Street house. All three were in the house when police executed the search warrant.
Police said two guns and a small quantity of drugs were found.
Martin Jr. is charged with possession of cocaine with intent to deliver, possession of a controlled substance and illegal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Caldwell is charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance, crack cocaine and Ecstasy.
District Judge Jennifer Nicholson, presiding at the preliminary hearings, reduced Martin Jr.’s bond from $50,000 to $30,000. Caldwell’s bond was reduced from $10,000 to $2,500. Both remain in the Lawrence County jail.
Martin Sr. is charged with illegal firearm possession by a felon and receiving a gun as stolen property.
Nicholson dismissed charges against George Martin Sr., but he remains in jail on other charges. His bond for those is $75,000.
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