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 …
Thursday, August 9, 2012
A St. Charles County deputy said he spotted empty pseudoephedrine packets in her car during a traffic stop.
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- Joe Scott
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Thursday, August 9, 2012
An O’Fallon woman was charged Thursday with possessing pseudoephedrine with intent to make methamphetamine. A St. Charles County Sheriff's deputy stopped Nicole Barton, 32, of the 400 block of Eastbrook in O’Fallon, for a traffic violation Wednesday on Feise Road near Winterset Hollow Court. The deputy saw two pseudoephedrine blister packages in the car, according to a report. A check of Barton’s pseudoephedrine purchase history showed 34 purchases and two attempts that were blocked because she exceeded the legal limit. Bond was set at $35,000, cash only. For more crime information on O'Fallon Patch, see the following articles:
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Patch takes a look at five items that made news throughout St. Charles County in 2011.
1. Protesting funeral protests For St. Charles County, 2011 started with shouts of “USA” and choruses of “God Bless America” as a flag and sign-wielding St. Charles County and St. Louis area residents countered a demonstration by four Westboro Baptist Church members. The Topeka, KS-based church members were protesting outside the St. Charles County administrative building and the St. Charles City Hall. The protest was a response to a St. Charles County ordinance prohibiting picketing within 300 feet of funeral services one hour before and one hour after the ceremony. "Ten years ago, we didn't need a law like this because everyone respected people's right to mourn their deceased relatives," said County Executive Steve Ehlmann, at the time…
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
After prescriptions are required for pseudoephedrine products in St. Charles County, the allergy medication sales jumped significantly in Bridgeton, Maryland Heights and Chesterfield.
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- Joe Scott
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Sales of pseudoephedrine in St. Louis County cities bordering St. Charles County spiked in September after St. Charles County banned over-the-counter sales, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch article. Sales were especially high in cities near bridges connecting St. Charles and St. Louis counties. In Bridgeton, sales in September jumped 81 percent over August. In Maryland Heights, they increased 59 percent, while in Chesterfield they increased 51 percent. The Post-Dispatch reported that industry representatives attributed the increase to allergy sufferers in St. Charles, Jefferson and Franklin Counties. A registered nurse noted allergies flare up in the fall when weather changes, during ragweed and pollen season. “I don’t know if I’d …
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
St. Charles County officials may join with those from Jefferson, Franklin and Lincoln counties in requiring doctors' orders for ephedrine and pseudoephedrine.
The St. Charles County Council took one more step toward requiring prescriptions for cold medication that include ephedrine or pseudoephedrine. The law, introduced during the council meeting Monday, is part of a four-county effort to make the drugs more difficult to obtain for meth producers. Jefferson, Franklin and Lincoln county officials announced last week they will propose similar laws. St. Charles County Sheriff Tom Neer told council members requiring prescriptions for the drugs is the most effective way to keep them away from meth producers and users. “These people choose to poison their bodies, endanger their children and their neighbors and engage in theft and other crimes to support their habit,” Neer said. More than 40 counties …
Friday, July 8, 2011
St. Charles County joins a four-county effort to require prescriptions for cold medications containing ephedrine and pseudoephedrine. Missouri is rated the largest meth producing state in the nation.
Officials in St. Charles County and three surrounding counties will seek to require a prescription for sales of cold medications with ephedrine or pseudoephedrine. Jefferson, Franklin and Lincoln counties also will seek to pass an identical law. Officials from all four counties joined together to announce the effort in a news conference Thursday afternoon at the St. Charles County Executive Building. The law will be presented as a health issue. If it passes, it will affect all municipalities within each of the counties. St. Charles County Council Chairman Joe Brazil, R-2nd District, said the bill will be introduced locally on Monday. He said six of seven St. Charles County Council members support the bill. Other county officials also said …
Heidi L.
10:09 am on Wednesday, November 2, 2011
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