Tim Ryan, tryan@wolfrivermedia.com
Three Bowler men are facing various felony charges after authorities executed a search warrant at their residence last week.
The search warrant followed an undercover operation involving one of the men conducted by Stockbridge-Munsee Police and Shawano County sheriff’s deputies last summer.
DC Walker Welch, 36, is accused of selling prescription drugs to a confidential informant on two occasions in July and once in August, according to the criminal complaint.
He was arrested and charged after authorities executed the search warrant Feb. 17 at the residence he shares with two other family members.
Welch is charged with delivery of narcotics, which carries a maximum possible penalty of 15 years in prison and a $50,000 fine, and two counts of possession with intent to deliver a prescription drug, which carries a maximum six years and a $10,000 fine.
He is free on a $2,000 signature bond and is due back in court Monday for an adjourned initial appearance.
During the search, authorities located numerous plastic baggies, a pipe and 3.5-gram bag of synthetic marijuana in the bedroom of Tad A. Welch, 29, according to the criminal complaint.
A shotgun was also located in a bedroom belonging to Keith D. Welch, 78.
Tad Welch is charged with a felony count of second or subsequent offense possession of synthetic cannabinoid, which carries a maximum possible penalty of 3½ years in prison and a $10,000 fine. He is also charged with a misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia.
He is free on a $1,000 signature bond and is scheduled for a preliminary hearing April 17.
Keith Welch is due in court for an initial appearance March 9 on a felony charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm. He could face 10 years in prison and a $25,000 fine if found guilty.