HAMMOND, Ind.
(AP) — An East Chicago councilman charged in a man's shooting death has
been indicted on a federal drug charge.
Forty-two-year-old Robert Battle was formally charged Thursday with
possession of marijuana with intent to distribute stemming from his arrest
Sept. 23. Authorities say police found about 73 grams of marijuana and
$100,700 in cash during a traffic stop.
Battle pleaded
not guilty to a murder charge Tuesday accusing him in the death of
31-year-old Reimundo Camarillo Jr. of East Chicago. Battle's former
attorney told authorities Battle shot Camarillo in self-defense Oct. 12
after Camarillo pulled a knife on Battle. Court records show police
weren't able to find a knife, shell casings or bullets at the scene.
The (Munster)
Times reports that it's unclear whether the two cases are connected.
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