Man charged in Trudy Appleby death pleads not guilty to unrelated drug charge

SCOTT CO., Iowa (KWQC) - The man charged in the death of Trudy Appleby is pleading not guilty in a drug case in Scott County.

Jamison Fisher, 50, was charged with two counts of possession with intent to deliver, one for meth and the other marijuana.

He has a pretrial conference Oct. 3.

Jamison Fisher, indicted earlier this month in the Appleby case in Henry County, Illinois, is currently being held in the Scott County Jail the drug case.

He told a magistrate would not waive extradition to Illinois on Aug. 26, according to court documents. The magistrate ordered that a warrant be issued, committing Fisher to the custody of the Scott County Sheriff’s Office for 30 days to enable extradition through the governor’s office.

A hearing date on extradition wasn’t set as of Aug. 26. The previous week, a judge granted a motion to release the Fisher in his drug case so Illinois authorities could take him to Henry County so he could face charges in the Appleby case.