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Couple charged with selling prescription drugs on street

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Stacey and Charity Blackwell Stacey and Charity Blackwell
STATESVILLE, NC (WBTV) -

Deputies in Statesville have charged a duo with illegally selling prescription pain pills.

Stacey Blackwell, 34, and Charity Dawn Blackwell, 40, of Statesville, are charged with distributing a controlled substance, according to the Iredell County Sheriff's Office.

Undercover narcotics agents were able to make multiple purchases from the Blackwells totalling nearly 90 pills with a street value of over $1,900, according to the release.

Charity Blackwell was placed in the Iredell County Dentention Center under a $150,000 and Stacy Blackwell was placed in jail under a $100,000.

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