(Spencer, IA) — Laurens Police say they found nearly 300 pounds of marijuana and stolen items in a storage unit in Spencer. The unit had been rented by William Cole, who was arrested in late July in Laurens. Laurens Police located and seized 260 pounds of marijuana which has a street value of 550 to 750-thousand dollars, a handgun, a stolen generator out of California, a stolen 48-inch deck mower from Des Moines, along with a number of other items. Cole — who is in the Pocahontas County Jail on unrelated charges — is also facing charges of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver marijuana, first-degree theft, second-degree theft, failure to affix a drug tax stamp, and felon in possession of a firearm.
