Making a brief appearance in Grand Rapids District Court, once a city commissioner and state representative now dealing with a drug offense and states he wants a new attorney.
Roy Schmidt on Thursday, June 25, said to Judge Michael Distel that he wanted to prolong his current hearing as well as one that is planned for next week in order to acquire a new lawyer and possibly subpoena witnesses.
Schmidt, who is 61, is being charged with manufacturing/delivery of cannabis, a four-year felony. Schmidt was delivered to Kent County Jail on he night of June 11 after law officials searched two of his properties and discovered marijuana.
The prior state representative was caught with 3 pounds of cannabis at one West Side residence and 71 plants at a different location, which he was distributing to at least 20 people, according law officials.
Detectives with the Kent Area Narcotics Enforcement Team apprehend Schmidt at his place of residence located in the 1800 block of Seventh Street NW where they state they discovered 3 pounds of cannabis.
Schmidt allegedly told the officers that he was a medical cannabis patient and a caregiver. Yet, Kent County Sheriff’s Detective John Tuinhoff stated in a probable cause affidavit that Schmidt confessed to “selling to at least 20 people who are not his registered patients with the state of Michigan or had a medical marijuana card.”
Schmidt’s prior lawyer Matthew Herman stated the now semi-retired property managers actions included medical marijuana. Schmidt filed his intention to obtain a new lawyer with the 61st District Court late in the day Wednesday, June 24. He made an appearance in court on Thursday with his lawyer Amy Rademaker, however, she stated she isn’t formally retained at this point in time. Schmidt remains free on a personal recognizance bond.
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