CONWAY — Municipal Budget Committee member Greydon Turner pleaded guilty in Carroll County Superior Court on Tuesday to being involved in a conspiracy to possess a controlled drug (marijuana).
Turner, 50, a local Realtor, ran for a seat on the Conway Planning Board in the spring but was not elected. He turned himself in for arrest on April 8, the day before the election.
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