No drug charges for man arrested after Dayton explosion

DAYTON — A man arrested last month after the explosion of a homemade device for an unrelated crime no longer faces drug charges.

Jetarr Washington, 31, was among residents questioned by police after the blast April 8 between two dwellings in the 400 block of Delaware Avenue.

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Once they finished talking to him, officers then told Washington they would take him into custody for a misdemeanor warrant out of Huber Heights for obstructing official business, according to a Dayton police report.

That’s when Dayton police said Washington ran back inside his apartment, where police reported they spotted a mason jar half full of capsules of a yellowish power they suspected to be heroin. Police later reported counting 86 capsules in the jar, the report stated.

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However, a Montgomery County grand jury on Thursday made its decision to not indict Washington on heroin possession charges, court records show.

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