"Their office told us that the case was not chosen to go before the grand jury because of the way the search warrant in the case was written," explained Sheriff Walker.

Sheriff Walker went on to note that though the search warrant was completely legal and in fact was the basis for another warrant later issued in the same case by state agencies, it was written concisely, as preferred by local judges, and did not contain the "fluff" that is preferred at the federal level.

Sheriff Walker further noted that a representative of the U.S. Attorney General’s office will be coming to Linn County at a future date to give the officers tips on how to write warrants in future cases that they believe may have the potential of being prosecuted at the federal level.