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Drug Lab Chemist, Charges Dropped

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DOVER, Del. (AP) - Prosecutors have dropped all charges against a chemist who was arrested in an evidence tampering and theft investigation at Delaware's drug lab.
 
The Wilmington News Journalreports that court records show a state prosecutor dropped the remaining charges against Farnam Daneshgar - marijuana and paraphernalia possession - earlier this month.
 

Just before trial in February, dropped charges alleging Daneshgar falsified business records at the drug lab.  The trial ended in a hung jury.
 
State police closed down the controlled substances lab, which is part of the medical examiner's office, during the investigation.
 
A trial has been postponed for a second worker, James Woodson, on charges of trafficking cocaine, tampering with physical evidence and theft of controlled dangerous substances.
 

Don Rush is the News Director at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.