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Two arrested on drug charges, endangering the welfare of a child

Two arrested on drug charges, endangering the welfare of a child

Two people were arrested Thursday in Westbrook. According to our info partners at CBS 13, police executed a search warrant around 7:30pm Thursday night at a home on West Pleasant Street. Photo: 560 WGAN Newsradio


Two people were arrested Thursday in Westbrook. According to our info partners at CBS 13, police executed a search warrant around 7:30pm Thursday night at a home on West Pleasant Street.

Fourteen grams of suspected methamphetamine were recovered. Police arrested and charged 23-year-old Dakota Walker of Lewiston with unlawful trafficking.

Three children under the age of 18 were removed from the home and the mother who is 46-year-old Gretchen Strubell was charged with endangering the welfare of a child.

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