A 46-year-old Hudson man convicted in a meth case from August of last year and ordered to serve 158-months in prison is expected in court Wednesday for a preliminary hearing in another case.
George Krankenberg was arrested on July 7, 2011 on charges of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to package, personal use drug paraphernalia, and no drug tax stamp.
Drug Enforcement Unit Detectives were reportedly doing surveillance on him. They say they observed him in the parking lot of the Home Depot in Hutchinson, when another vehicle drove up, and white female driving got into Rosenberg’s vehicle and they drove towards the rear of the business, and after several minutes, he brought her back to her vehicle.
Officers believed that was a drug transaction that had just been completed, and they then made a stop of Krankenberg in the 900 Block of North Porter. They did a search of his vehicle where officers say approximately two-ounces of methamphetamine along with packaging materials were found in the vehicle. Also located according to the officers was several syringes, and a glass pipe.
The hearing Wednesday is in front of Judge Joe McCarville.
The other case centers on Reno County Sheriff’s Deputies doing a search of his Chevy truck at K-96 and Sandcreek back on August 26 of last year. They allegedly found two ounces of meth, a zip lock bag of marijuana, a digital scale, and packaging materials. They also allegedly found 100 Valium pills in three different pill bottles with the labels torn off.
He was convicted of possession of methamphetamine with intent to sell, possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to package, possession of marijuana, and Valium, and a charge of not having a Kansas drug tax stamp.
Also arrested in that case was 30-year-old Natalie Goin originally charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to sell, entered a plea to a reduce charge of simple possession, and possession of drugs with no tax stamp. She is currently on community corrections.