Dayton SWAT drug raid nets 2 arrests

Joshua Castleberry, left, and Amanda C. Houchins

Credit: MONTGOMERY COUNTY JAIL

Credit: MONTGOMERY COUNTY JAIL

Joshua Castleberry, left, and Amanda C. Houchins

A Dayton SWAT team arrested two people Monday morning during a raid while serving a “high-risk drug search warrant.”

Amanda C. Houchins, 34, and Joshua Castleberry, 38, remain in the Montgomery County Jail awaiting arraignment Wednesday in Dayton Municipal Court.

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Houchins was arrested and booked into jail around noon Monday on suspicion of felony drug possession and misdemeanor possessing drug abuse instruments and possession of drug paraphernalia charges, Dayton police and jail records show.

Castleberry also was arrested and booked into jail around noon Monday, but on suspicion of obstructing official business, a misdemeanor.

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