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REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER CHARGED WITH DRUG DEALING

(Richmond, IN)--A convicted Richmond sex offender was arrested Sunday night on drug-dealing charges.  41-year-old Brian Burdette was taken into custody at South 14th and A at around 7 o’clock Sunday night and charged with dealing meth.  Burdette was convicted of sexual misconduct with a minor 15 years ago and has failed to register as a sex offender on numerous occasions since then.  He was being held Monday morning on a $30,000 bond.  There’s no word yet on what led to Sunday night’s arrest.