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Two face charges after grocery store drug deal

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Two Lebanon men face criminal charges after they were allegedly caught trading headphones for methamphetamine.

James McKnight II, 36, has been charged with delivery of a controlled substance, a class C felony, and Jeremiah Rodden, 22, has been charged with possession of a controlled substance, a class D felony, following an incident that took place on Sept. 10, according to court records.

The records indicate that Rodden was charged on Sept. 24 and was scheduled to be in court on Nov. 9. After failing to appear, he now has a warrant for his arrest with the bond set at $500 cash.

McKnight was charged on Nov. 25 in connection to the same incident. He is scheduled to be in court on Dec. 28.

For more on this story see Wednesday's LCR.