PAIR SENTENCED FOR DRUG DEALING

West Bend -- A West Bend husband and wife came to Washington County court
together Thursday, but they did not leave together.

Circuit Judge Richard Becker sentenced Roger W. Hubbard, 39, to four years
in prison for possession of 3 pounds of marijuana with intent to deliver.
Because the family's home is within 1,000 feet of a school, he must serve at
least three years of that sentence.

His wife, Vicci A. Hubbard, also 39, was sentenced to four years in prison,
but her time was stayed for five years of probation.

Conditions of her probation include 9 months in the county jail. Hubbard
will be eligible for work-release and some child care for their child. She
must serve at least 90 days in the jail but could serve the remainder on
electronic monitoring, if permitted by the Sheriff's Department.

Also required: fines totaling nearly $2,000, continued cooperation in drug
and alcohol treatment and 150 hours of community service "in a drug
awareness situation," Becker said.

An 18-year-old daughter and her boyfriend are accused of purchasing and
delivering the marijuana to the Hubbard house. Separate trials are scheduled
for Jacqueline C. Hubbard and Anthony P. Galindo, 19, next month.

"I think Vicci Hubbard is less involved in drug trafficking on the
commercial end than Roger is," said Assistant District Attorney Todd
Martens. "These are people making money off it . . . They were moving a lot
of marijuana and making a substantial amount of money."

The wholesale value of the 3 pounds of marijuana was about $3,300, and as
much as $9,600 "at the retail level," he said.

"The effect on these kids is devastating," Martens said, referring to the
couple's children. "And this family is a poster child for how devastating
drugs can be."

Attorney Daryl Laatsch called Roger Hubbard, a county highway worker now on
suspension, an addict.

"From all reports he was an extraordinarily heavy user of marijuana," he
said. "Certainly there was some profit . . . but whatever profit there was
went right back into supporting Mr. Hubbard's habit."

Becker noted that there was no drug connection to the school but said the
state law was clear in presuming that the three-year minimum should apply to
violations of "drug-free" zones.

"I am supposed to send you and Ms. Hubbard to prison for at least three
years," Becker said, noting that the recommendation by the district
attorney's office "gives me a better reason" for not enforcing the sentence
in Vicci Hubbard's case.

Roger Hubbard begins his prison sentence immediately. Vicci Hubbard was
granted a brief delay before reporting to the county jail.