Thursday, February 21, 2013
Two defendants also admitted trading pseudoephedrine to meth dealer, police said.
Three people face heroin dealing charges after St. Charles County Drug Task Force detectives searched a home in the 100 block of Westgate Drive Feb. 7 in St. Peters. Three people were charged with distributing a controlled substance after detectives found heroin and drug-related items in the home: Kearbey and Stever were charged Feb. 8. Salyers was charged Feb. 11. Drug Task Force members said they executed a search warrant on the home and found capsules containing heroin, cut straws, a grinder with heroin residue, empty capsules with heroin residue and baggies. According to the task force report, Kearbey and Stevers admitted they are heroin addicts and share the items with Salyers. Kearbey and Stevers also said each of the three …
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
St. Charles County Drug Task Force members said they found used meth smoking devices and handguns in the man's house Nov. 20.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
A man faces drug and handgun charges after the St. Charles County Drug Task Force searched his St. Charles County home near O’Fallon, police said. Brian Whaley, 36, of the first block of Laura Drive in St. Charles County near O’Fallon, was charged with possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of handguns. A Drug Task Force detective said Whaley had been under investigation by the drug task force, which executed a search warrant on his home Nov. 20. Acccording to court documents, the search discovered eight foil devices used to smoke methamphetamine and eight handguns. Whaley told detectives that he’s an enforcer with the Statesmen motorcycle group, according to a police report. Detectives characterized the group as a "…
Monday, October 29, 2012
Drug Task Force detectives said the man, who is under investigation for other drug offenses, was on probation for statutory rape.
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Monday, October 29, 2012
An O’Fallon man who was on probation sold marijuana and ecstasy to an undercover officer three times in three months, according to the St. Charles County Drug Task Force. Charles Jamison, 31, of the 7100 block of Fireside Court in O'Fallon, was charged Oct. 18 with three counts of distributing controlled substances. Drug Task Force detectives said Jamison sold 6.5 grams of marijuana to an undercover officer for $120 June 5. He also sold the officer ecstasy on July 24 and 6.1 grams of marijuana for $120 Aug. 21, detectives said. All the transactions took place in the 2100 block of Martin Drive in O’Fallon, according to court documents. Jamison told police he did not recall selling any type of illegal drugs to anyone in the past six months. …
Friday, August 24, 2012
Ryan Beasley told police he sold the fake heroin so he could buy heroin for himself. The St. Charles man is being charged with selling an "imitation controlled substance."
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Friday, August 24, 2012
A St. Charles man sold two pieces of gravel to an undercover detective, telling him the rocks were raw heroin. A St. Charles County Drug Task Force report said the man doctored the gravel to resemble heroin. A close visual inspection and field tests revealed the substance was not heroin, detectives said. Ryan T. Beasley, 29, of the 1200 block of Lakeshore Drive in St. Charles, was charged Wednesday, with delivery of an imitation controlled substance. Detectives said the undercover officer met Beasley near Time Centre Apartments in St. Charles and bought the fake heroin from him for $60. Beasley told police he sold the fake heroin so he could buy heroin for himself, according to the report. He was on probation for first-degree burglary and …
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
O'Fallon area resident also possessed morphine, Xanax, lyrica and hydrocodone, a St. Charles County Drug Task Force member said.
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
A St. Charles County man was charged July 24 in with attempting distribute heroin and illegal possession of several prescription drugs. Laron Miller, 33, of the 100 block of Oakfield Drive in St. Charles County in the O'Fallon area, faces one count of attempting to distribute heroin and four counts of possession of illegal possession of prescription medications. According to a St. Charles County Drug Task Force report, detectives executing a search warrant found Miller had several controlled substances: Drug Task Force members said Harris also had a blender, scales, capsules, pips and plastic bags all used to sell or use heroin. Bond was set at $25,000 cash only. Sign up for the O'Fallon Patch newsletter to get news, blogs and more sent …
Thursday, July 19, 2012
The U.S. Postal Service issued a warrant on the package and identified it as containing high-grade marijuana.
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Thursday, July 19, 2012
A St. Louis County man was arrested after the U.S. Postal Service found a package bound for O’Fallon contained 2¼ pounds high-grade marijuana. Lorenzo D. Carter, of the 2300 block of Rockdale in St. Louis County, was charged Friday in St. Charles County Circuit Court with attempting to distribute marijuana. A St. Charles County Drug Task Force report said a postal inspector told them a federal warrant had been issued for a package addressed to a home in the 500 block of Lake Drive in O’Fallon. Task force detectives had the package delivered to the address. Once the package was accepted, they executed the search warrant. Detectives learned that the person receiving the package was to contact Carter once the box arrived, according to the …
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Drug Task Force detectives said they smelled the chemical odor of meth as they drove by the home.
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Three people were charged Thursday with making and possessing methamphetamine in O’Fallon after authorities received a tip about a meth lab. Charged with making and possessing methamphetamine were: Acting on a tip, St. Charles County Drug Task Force members went to a mobile home July 10 on Thoroughbred Drive in O’Fallon and saw two men leave the house and get in a pickup truck. As detectives drove past the house, they smelled a strong chemical odor from cooking meth, according to a task force report. Detectives arranged to have the truck stopped by St. Charles County deputies while detectives checked out the house. Inside the home, they found Hopkins and a fully functioning meth lab in the kitchen, two grams of meth and meth ingredients. …
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012
A check on a woman who bought too much pseudoephedrine leads Sheriff's Department detectives to two meth labs.
The St. Charles County Drug Task Force arrested three O’Fallon residents in a string of methamphetamine-related charges last week. Prosecutors filed charges in St. Charles County Circuit Court against the three June 20: Detectives said in a report that they checked on Riffle June 19 because she had a large pseudoephedrine purchase history, according to registry records Riffle told task force members she bought the meth ingredient and traded it to Harness and his girlfriend, Henke, for finished meth. Detectives found meth paraphernalia and a small amount of meth in Riffle’s bedroom, according to the report. Detectives discovered Harness agreed to sell a gram of meth for $100 to someone at America’s Best Value Inn, 1310 Bass Pro Shop Drive …
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Saturday, June 9, 2012
The meth lab bust was the second one at the O'Fallon home since March.
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Saturday, June 9, 2012
A couple was charged Wednesday with making methamphetamine in their O’Fallon home, where five children lived with them. Travis D. Stanfill, 33, and Mandy R. Heath, 32, of the 2000 block of Collier Boulevard, each were charged with making and possessing meth and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. A St. Charles County Drug Task Force member said in a report that detectives found a meth lab in the home Tuesday while executing a search warrant. They found an active “one-pot” meth lab and chemicals used to make meth. The couple had five children living in the home with them, ages 12, 10, 8, and 7 years old and 11 days old. Stanfill is the youngest child’s father, according to the report. Heath admitted being a meth cook and told …
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2:59 pm on Friday, February 8, 2013
The original version of this story indicated the search warrant occurred on a different date in November. It was on Nov. 20. more ›