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Man Texts Drug Offer To Prosecutor; His Bad, Say Police

Man Wrongly Texts Drug Offer To Prosecutor, Say Police
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MARTINSVILLE, Ind. (CBS/AP) Don't try to sell oxy to the proxy.

Police say an Indiana man was arrested after accidentally texting an offer to sell oxycodone to a prosecutor. 

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The Herald-Times of Bloomington reports that a 26-year-old Martinsville man sent messages last month to deputy prosecutor Courtney Swank on her department-issued cell phone.

They read "Roxy twenties fifteen" and "Hey buddy just wonderin if you needed any fortys."

Police tell the newspaper the wording refers to oxycodone and other prescription drugs.

The unwitting texter is charged with dealing in a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance and public intoxication.

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