Meth Maker Would Have 'Retaliated' if Cops Came in Forcefully

Drug Task Force members got a warrant on the home of Gregory Jennings and Darla Smithson after finding the couple bought more than 100 pseudoephedrine boxes in two years. Officers saw several high-powered rifles while walking through the home.

A St. Peters couple is accused of making methamphetamine in their home on Michelle Lane. Gregory Jennings, 48, and Darla Smithson, 46, both of the first block of Michelle Lane in St. Peters, each were charged March 7 with possessing a chemical with intent to make a controlled substance. Jennings also was charged with possession of a controlled substance. St. Charles County Regional Drug Task Force detectives said Jennings bought 52 boxes of pseudoephedrine since Aug. 16, 2010, and Smithson bought 53 boxes since Aug. 20, 2010. Jennings allowed detectives to walk through the home Sept. 7, and officers saw multiple high-powered rifles throughout the home, according to a Drug Task Force report. Police said Jennings told them, “I’m glad you …

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Keepalowprofile

12:01 am on Thursday, March 28, 2013

{{{Big Hugs}}} To you Cathy. No one should have to live thru the hell of being the target of a meth heads paranoia. (been there for years, I know what its like. I moved 1500 miles away to get away from it.)   more ›

Three Face Dealing Heroin Charges After Drug Task Force Searches St. Peters Home

St. Peters resident and an O'Fallon resident 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 …

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Woman Indicted for Selling Meth, Drug Possession

A St. Charles County Drug Task Force investigation found a stash of drugs in the woman's floor vent several months after she sold meth to an undercover officer.

A O’Fallon woman was indicted by a St. Charles County grand jury Friday on eight drug charges. The woman, Lisa Ann Ray, 44, was indicted on two counts of distributing a controlled substance, five counts of possessing a controlled substance and possessing drug-related items. St. Charles County Drug Task Force detectives said Ray sold methamphetamine to an undercover officer June 7, 2012, at 281 Mid Rivers Mall Drive in St. Peters. Detectives searched her home in the first block of Green Tree Lane in O’Fallon Sept. 11 and said they found several items hidden in a bag inside a floor vent. Among the items found in the bag were: Ray posted 10 percent of a $15,000 bond and was released from jail Nov. 28. For more crime information on St. Peters …

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St. Peters Man Cooked Meth with Children in Home, Police Say

The St. Charles County Drug Task Force received a report that an active meth lab was at the St. Peters home.

St. Charles County Drug Task Force members found an active methamphetamine lab on Gateswood Court in St. Peters. The man was cooking meth with children present in the home, police said. Dustin Parnell, 22, of Gateswood Court, was charged Nov. 30 with manufacturing methamphetamine and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. A Drug Task Force detective said they received a report of an active meth lab at the home. They arrived and searched the home, finding an active meth lab in the basement, four used one-pot meth labs and chemicals used to make meth. According to the Drug Task Force report, Parnell admitted to cooking meth four times in the last two weeks with the children present.  He also told detectives he used to cook meth in…

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8:38 am on Thursday, February 21, 2013

lol This is My favorite post.   more ›

10 Most Read in St. Louis: Decapitated Baby, Hurricane Sandy, Food Trucks in St. Charles and More

Check out the 10 most read stories on Missouri Patch sites for the month of October.

1. Lawsuit Claims Baby Was Decapitated During Delivery at Mercy Sometimes, the news can be tragic. That was certainly the case in this report from Creve Coeur Patch.  According to a 10-count complaint filed in St. Louis County Circuit Court, a local couple claimed that doctors involved with the delivery of their baby coerced them into a vaginal delivery against their wishes and then hid the fact that their baby had been decapitated during the delivery process. The same story, posted on Florissant Patch (Florissant Couple Files Lawsuit, Claims Baby Was Decapitated in Delivery), also ranked among the most read stories in Missouri Patch. - - - - -  2. What Time is Tonight’s Obama v. Romney Presidential Debate? Patch has gone all-in this …

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Meth-Busting Decongestant in St. Louis Pharmacies This Year

Highland Pharmaceuticals plans to offer Zephrex-D in St. Louis pharmacies by November. The new decongestant reportedly cannot be converted into meth and might not require a prescription.

Woman Charged With Growing Marijuana Near Elementary School

Drug Task Force detectives said they also found meth and chemicals to make meth in the woman's home.

A St. Peters woman faces charges of growing marijuana within 2,000 feet of a school and possession of a controlled substance. St. Charles County Drug Task Force detectives said they executed a search warrant Aug. 17 on Pamela Potter, 52, of the 700 block of Estes Park in St. Peters. Detectives said they found marijuana growing, methamphetamine and chemicals needed to make meth in her home. Potter lives less than 2,000 feet from Mid Rivers Elementary School. Bond was set at $50,000, cash only. For more crime information on St. Peters Patch, see the following articles:

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St. Peters Man Among Three Arrested on Meth Charges in O'Fallon

Drug Task Force detectives said they smelled the chemical odor of meth as they drove by the home.

Three people were charged Thursday, July 12, 2012, 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 …

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St. Peters Man Charged with Making Meth

Detectives found two active meth labs in his home on Wright Drive in St. Charles County.

A man was charged Friday with making methamphetamine in a St. Charles County home. Edward Corbett, 56, is charged with manufacturing meth. His address was listed in the first block of Mill Bridge Drive in St. Peters. The St. Charles County Drug Task Force executed a search warrant for the home in the 400 block of Wright Drive on Oct. 12. The home is in a pocket of unincorporated St. Charles County between Interstate 370 and Fox Hill Road. According to a task force report, detectives found two “one-pot” meth labs, meth, meth ingredients and supplies to make and cook meth. Corbett’s fingerprint was on the meth lab equipment, detectives said in the report. Bond was set at $30,000.

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Mike McKnight

2:33 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012

What a piece of crap. Low life white trash.   more ›

St. Peters Man Charged with Meth Possession, Assaulting Cops

Drug Task Force members said Robert Axetell had made several pseudoephedrine purchases.

A St. Peters man was charged Thursday with possessing methamphetamine and assaulting a law enforcement officer. Robert Axetell, 46, of the 200 block of Autumn Court in St. Peters, also faces charges of marijuana possession and resisting arrest. Detectives with the St. Charles County Drug Task Force said they noticed several pseudoephedrine purchases under Axetell’s name, and they visited his home. According to the drug task force report, Axetell consented to a search of his home. Detectives found a baggie with a small amount of marijuana, foils used to smoke meth, and a bag with a white powdery residue. The bag and foils field-tested positive for meth, detectives said in the report. Axetell told detectives he traded the pseudoephedrine to …

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