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Alleged drug dealer reaches plea agreement, could get probation

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Douglas and Juanita Owens, after their arrests in 2016

A drug suspect from La Crosse reached a plea agreement Thursday, three years after being charged with drug trafficking. 

Douglas Owens admitted to delivering heroin. He told a La Crosse judge that he knew it was wrong to deal in the drug. 

In exchange, other drug charges against him will be dropped. 

Owens is expected to get probation, with a year in the county jail, when he’s sentenced in August. 

Owens and his wife, Juanita, were among a dozen suspected of dealing drugs at an apartment building on West Avenue. 

In the fall of 2016, police searched two residences and a candy shop, owned by the couple, and found more than $20,000 worth of heroin, meth and other drugs. 

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.

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