Briefs: November 28, 2019

HALF-POUND DRUG CASE NETS YEAR IN COUNTY JAIL

Francisco Torres, Jr., 23, former WSU student who was arrested last April following a Quad Cities Drug Task Force investigation in Pullman, was sentenced to 364 days in jail Friday on drug possession charges. The investigation report by Sheriff’s Detective Bryson Aase said a half pound of cocaine was found in a wall safe at the Pullman residence on NE Monroe Street where Torres was residing.

A warrant search was made of the residence after three drug purchases from Torres were conducted by a confidential informant who was provided with money by the...