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Methamphetamine Crimes

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Red Roof Inn: Free Local Calls, Continental Breakfast and a Meth Lab

    So, in addition to worrying about who's effluvia is all over the bed sheets and if there's a spy-cam under the sink when you check in to a motel, now you have to be aware that the folks in the room by the ice machine could be running a meth lab.

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Missouri Meth Lab Seizures Hit New Record; State Leads Nation Again

    Confiscated meth equipment.​Once again, Missouri has the dubious distinction of leading the nation in the number of meth labs seized in 2011. Law enforcement uncovered 2,096 labs in Missouri last year, an increase of six percent over the 1,960 discovered in 2010. Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana and O ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Shake-and-Bake Meth Becomes Run-and-Gun

    ​Bootheel Drug Task Force investigators were in Steele, MO, earlier this week watching a farm house suspected of being an illegal drug manufacturing operation when a vehicle left. The agents pursued the vehicle, which stopped in the middle of the road and then disgorged its driver, who took off on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2011

    Kindergartener Brings Mom's Meth, Crack Pipe to Show-and-Tell

    Mommy calls this her "little helper."​Here's yet further proof that Missouri lives up to its billing as the "Meth Capital of the United States": A kindergartner in western Missouri recently brought his mom's crack pipe and $3,700 worth of crystal meth to his school's show-and-tell. According to KC ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    Meth Lab Used as Molotov Cocktail Against Missouri Sheriff's Deputy

    openclipart.orgMeth: Not just for getting high anymore. ​Here at Riverfront Times we've chronicled just how dangerous the "shake-and-bake" method of making meth can be, with junkies creating the highly flammable drug inside plastic bottles. Now comes the first incident we know of in which a mobile ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Wildwood Latest Missouri City to Require Prescription for Pseudoephedrine

    Thirty-one Missouri cities now ban the over-the-counter sales of these drugs. When will all of Missouri follow?​The west St. Louis County 'burb of Wildwood last night became the 31st Missouri city to ban over-the-counter sales of psuedoephedrine. The drug -- found in such cold medicine as Sudafed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2011

    Meth-Fighting Missouri Pseudoephedrine Ban Could Face Filibuster

    Sudafed shouldn't need a 'scrip, says State Senator Rob Schaaf.​In hopes of combating the state's never-ending meth problem, state legislators have been pushing a bill to make cold medicines that include pseudoephedrine available by prescription only.That would include Sudafed, Claritin and a host ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    Glenn Beck Talks About - and to - Cupcakes

    Rumors of the death of the cupcake fad have swirled for months. With five minutes of video, Glenn Beck kills them dead. In an attempt to explain inflation and treasury bonds on his Fox News show last night, Beck substituted flag-studded cupcakes for gold so that us simple folk might understand. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    Missouri Leads Nation in Meth Lab Busts -- Again

    Photo: Jennifer SilverbergMeth lab detritus seized last year in Franklin County.​For the tenth year in a row, Missouri led the nation in the number of meth lab seizures last year. In 2010, Missouri law enforcement busted 1,960 meth labs, a 10 percent increase over the 1,774 busts in 2009 and a 53 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    Dominic Orlando: De Soto Man Busted for Home Meth Lab

    Dominic Orlando: His chemistry skills caught up with him yesterday.​Dominic Orlando, 47, was arrested by Jefferson County Sheriff's deputies yesterday and charged with possession of chemicals with intent to distribute.And, this being Missouri, we're not talking about calcium chloride or ferrous su ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Jay Nixon and Chris Koster Propose Pseudoephedrine Prescription to Cure Missouri's Meth Problem

    Image viaLet's hope meth cooks don't have health insurance​The Show-Me State's governor and attorney general announced today that they support a law to require a doctor's prescription to obtain pseudoephedrine, an ingredient found in several types of cold medicine that can be used to manufacture m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    How to Solve Missouri's Meth Problem

    Image viaElectronic tracking of cold meds can't stop Shake'n Bake​Remember that fancy new electronic database Missouri pharmacies were required to install earlier this year so police could have access to personal information of people who buy cold medicine that contains the drug pseudoephedrine, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    Missouri on Pace to Lead Nation in Meth Lab Seizures -- Again

    Image ViaA "shake and bake" lab.​It's looking like 2010 will mark the 10th consecutive year that Missouri leads the nation in the number meth labs confiscated by police. As the Southeast Missourian reports today, Missouri law enforcement has seized more than 1,400 meth labs through September -- an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    St. Louis: Worst Teeth in the Nation According to Magazine

    St. Louis: Gateway to tooth decay?​Updated 2:45 p.m. with response from Greater St. Louis Dental Society. We figured our meth labs were to blame. Though as it turns out, researchers at Men's Health didn't even account for Missouri being the No. 1 state in the nation for illegal meth labs when they ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2010

    Seven Arrested in Jefferson County Meth Lab Bust

    Meth: It does a body bad.​A meth lab seizure in Jefferson County last week has led to drug charges against five area men and two females. According to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department, deputies arrived last Thursday to a residence in the 12000 block of Big Pine Place in rural Desoto aft ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    Steven Martin: The Second-Most Disturbing Mugshot You'll See This Week

    Jesse Driskill, meet Steven Martin:Image sourceWink Wink Steven Martin is in the Clink​Martin (definitely not the banjo-strumming comedian, as the immaculate mugshot above makes clear) was indicted earlier this week for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. A whole lot of methamphetamine.

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2010

    Police Discover 35 Meth Labs in One Home In Franklin County

    Image sourceNeither delicious nor nutritious​Ok, "meth lab" might be a bit of a misnomer in this case. The tweaker in question was using the "shake and bake" recipe for cooking the drug. The Franklin County Narcotics Enforcement Unit reportedly found at least 35 plastic bottles containing residue ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 23, 2010

    Shots and Books

    Image sourceNeither delicious nor nutritious​Ok, "meth lab" might be a bit of a misnomer in this case. The tweaker in question was using the "shake and bake" recipe for cooking the drug. The Franklin County Narcotics Enforcement Unit reportedly found at least 35 plastic bottles containing residue ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    Michael McPherson & Natasha Spence: Franklin County Couple Allegedly Tried to Booby-Trap Meth Lab With Nine Pounds of C-4 Explosive

    Image sourceAnd...boom goes the dynamite.​What happens when a military demolitions expert comes home from Iraq and starts hanging out with his meth-cooking high school buddies?According to an indictment in Eastern Missouri Federal Court and a local narcotics detective, he tries to booby-trap a met ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    Missouri Poised to Lead Nation in Meth Lab Busts For Fourth Straight Year

    Courtesy of the Missouri State Highway PatrolMissouri busted 1,776 meth labs last year and we're on pace for more than 1,800 in 2010.​Missouri has already done the three-peat -- leading the nation in meth lab seizures for three consecutive years, including a whopping 1,774 busts last year, nearly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    Dennis Powell: Hannibal Man Sentenced for Drugs Busted Trying to Bring Pot to Prison

    hannibal.netDennis Powell​If at first you don't succeed, fail, fail again. That's the lesson learned from Dennis R. Powell. Powell, 19, was being processed at the Marion County Jail in Palmyra, Missouri, this month on a previous drug charge when authorities say they discovered marijuana on the new ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    Are Some Missouri Counties Ignoring Meth Labs?

    Provided by the Missouri State Highway PatrolMissouri meth labs in 2009. Click for larger image.​While the focus of this week's RFT feature is meth lab explosions and the impact that injured meth cooks are having on hospitals across the Midwest, the story also touches on the reasons why meth has r ... More >>

  • News

    May 19, 2010

    The potentially explosive "shake-and-bake" method is burning its way through meth land

    Provided by the Missouri State Highway PatrolMissouri meth labs in 2009. Click for larger image.​While the focus of this week's RFT feature is meth lab explosions and the impact that injured meth cooks are having on hospitals across the Midwest, the story also touches on the reasons why meth has r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    Missouri: Nation's Meth Capital, Again

    Did ya here? We're No. 1!​Missouri has once again been ranked as the nation's biggest meth-producing state based on the number of drug labs busted last year. According to Missouri Highway Patrol figures published today in the Post-Dispatch, law enforcement seized 1,774 meth labs in 2009 -- up 20 p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2010

    Drug Companies Fight Missouri Effort to Make Sudafed a Prescription Drug

    Mmm, yummy! The building blocks of meth.​Missouri state representative Scott Lipke (R-Jackson) wants to limit the sale of medications such as Sudafed and Clairtin-D only to consumers with a doctor's prescription.Lipke's bill (H.B. 1210), introduced to the General Assembly last week, aims to curb t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    Vote for Ass Clown of the Week!

    ​Another week, another round Darwin-defying cretins who made local headlines. You know the rules: Vote for the person you feel was the biggest idiot this week. 1. John Henry: A Missouri man arrested this weekend for possession of drug paraphernalia and what looked to be tools and supplies for a na ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    Message To Cop Lands Meth Head in Jail; Suspect Wrote Insult on Camo Jumpsuit

    Montgomery County JailJohn Henry sans camo jumpsuit​Dumb and dumber were driving through rural Missouri just before midnight last Saturday when a Wellsville cop pulled over their vehicle. Upon questioning the two men, the police officer noticed one of them -- John Henry, 28 -- with an unusual mess ... More >>

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