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Brodhead man pleads not guilty to meth charges
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MONROE - A Brodhead man waived his preliminary hearing and pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Green County Circuit Court to methamphetamine charges.

Roy Van Brocklin, 32, was arrested Friday in Brodhead.

He appeared in court with public defender Roger Sturdevant.

The court scheduled a March 31 district attorney conference. He remains jailed on a $20,000 signature bond and a $5,000 cash bond.

He is charged with possession with intent to manufacture methamphetamine, a class E felony; possession of materials for manufacturing methamphetamine, a class H felony; possession of waste from manufacturing methamphetamine, a class H felony; possession of drug paraphernalia, a class H felony; possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, both unclassified misdemeanors. He faces more than 33 years in prison and up to $81,500 in fines, if convicted.

He also was arrested for drunken driving, improper display of license plates, failure to give signal and a cracked windshield.

Court records allege Van Brocklin had about 5 grams of meth in a plastic bag, an ephedrine or pseudoephedrine product, red phosphorus, lithium metal, sodium metal and ammonia in his truck when stopped by Brodhead Police officers at about 3 p.m. Friday, March 20. He also had flammable liquid, corrosive acid, tubing, containers, iodine, antifreeze, aluminum foil, coffee filters and a written recipe to make meth in his possession, as well as marijuana and a glass pipe and wooden pipe in his possession.