Two arrested in Fulton County meth, marijuana bust

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Two men were arrested in rural Fulton County yesterday for illegally cultivating marijuana and producing meth.

Thirty-five-year-old Seth Yates of rural Marietta and 25-year-old Joseph Simpson of rural Bushnell are the alleged culprits. 

The West Central Illinois Task Force in Macomb says six marijuana plants, meth production items and a firearm were all seized from Yates’s home on McDonough County Line Road. 

The duo were arrested at another residence around 5 a.m. Tuesday.

Yates and Simpson both face a number of meth related charges including aggravated unlawful meth production, which is a class X felony worth up to 40 years in prison. 

Yates is additionally charged with possession of a firearm by a felon and cultivation of a marijuana. Both remain in Fulton County Jail, Yates on $160,000 bond and Simpson on $150,000 bond.

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