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Man faces drug charge after 24 fall ill at Ohio rap music festival

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MANSFIELD, Ohio — A Michigan man was charged Monday with felony drug trafficking after 24 people became sick at an Ohio rap music festival when they ate candy laced with the marijuana ingredient THC.

A Mansfield Municipal Court judge set a $50,000 cash bond for 28-year-old Matthew Gross, of Ypsilanti.

Emergency crews were called to EST 2016 on Saturday after people reported feeling ill.

THC is the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. Authorities said all those who got sick are expected to recover.

The festival was headlined by Cleveland rapper Machine Gun Kelly.

The case is expected to be transferred to Richland County Common Pleas Court, where prosecutors will decide whether to present the case to a grand jury.

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No fatalities were reported at the Ohio Dreams sports camp complex in Butler, where the weekend festival was being held. Butler is about 60 miles northeast of Columbus.