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Local lawyer faces drug charges

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Steve Jefferson/Eyewitness News

Indianapolis, Jan. 27 - Attorney Troy Harter could face drug charges in both Hamilton and Marion Counties in seperate cases.

A drug court bailiff says Troy Harter dropped crack cocaine from his pocket last Friday. Harter was representing a drug suspect in courtroom 14.

The bailiff says he picked up drugs from the floor, which later tested positive as cocaine.

Then in Hamilton County on Saturday night, a Westfield Police officer says he found marijuana and drug paraphenalia in Harter's car. Harter was arrested and sent to jail.

It could lead to an investigation by the Indiana Supreme Court.

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