Public Safety : Johnson County Sheriff
Deputies, drug task force bust meth lab, arrest couple; charges include possession, 14 counts of forgery
Jul 23, 2008, 2:52 PM
GREEN RIDGE, Mo. -- Two residents of this community are in the Pettis County Jail, following their arrests on drug charges.
Deputies from Johnson and Pettis counties and officers from the Mid-Missouri Drug Task Force served a search warrant at 104 N. Cumberland Tuesday, and arrested Nickey T. Hargett, 35, and Shebil M. Todd, 29, both of that address.
Officers confiscated a quantity of methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia, several components to a methampetamine lab, stolen checks, stolen credit cards and stolen lottery tickets, according to Johnson County Sheriff Charles M. Heiss.
Hargett is charged with possession of a controlled substance--a class "C" felony--and is being held in jail in lieu of a $50,000 bond.
Todd is charged with possession of a controled substance--a class "C" felony--and 14 counts of forgery, each a class "C" felony. She is also in jail in lieu of a $50,000 bond.
Heiss said the investigation is continuing, and charges against Todd are expected to be filed in Johnson and surrounding counties.
Deputies from Johnson and Pettis counties and officers from the Mid-Missouri Drug Task Force served a search warrant at 104 N. Cumberland Tuesday, and arrested Nickey T. Hargett, 35, and Shebil M. Todd, 29, both of that address.
Officers confiscated a quantity of methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia, several components to a methampetamine lab, stolen checks, stolen credit cards and stolen lottery tickets, according to Johnson County Sheriff Charles M. Heiss.
Hargett is charged with possession of a controlled substance--a class "C" felony--and is being held in jail in lieu of a $50,000 bond.
Todd is charged with possession of a controled substance--a class "C" felony--and 14 counts of forgery, each a class "C" felony. She is also in jail in lieu of a $50,000 bond.
Heiss said the investigation is continuing, and charges against Todd are expected to be filed in Johnson and surrounding counties.
