County Sheriff charged with distributing meth.

[Stuart G]

Yahoo News..


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110419/ap_on_re_us/us_sheriff_meth_3

VAN BUREN, Mo. – One county on the edge of the Missouri Ozarks seemed oddly immune to the scourge of methamphetamine ravaging the state, boasting few meth raids or arrests in recent years. Some residents now think they know why, after a meth bust landed the Carter County sheriff himself in jail.

Tommy Adams, county sheriff for a little more than two years, was arrested earlier this month after giving meth to an informant at his cabin on a remote and hilly gravel road, according to a court document. He also allegedly snorted the drug himself with a straw. Authorities would not detail the extent of Adam's alleged meth involvement, but charged him with meth distribution. He is being held in Cape Girardeau County jail on $250,000 bond.

Now, a county once seen as an exception has become the latest example of how deeply meth has saturated every corner of rural Missouri life. Other rural law enforcement officers have been linked to drugs over the years, but Adams is one of the first arrested for meth.

"I think it's pretty sad," said Vicki Babbs, 46, of Van Buren. "You've got someone who's sheriff riding around high on meth with a gun. It's pretty scary."

County residents hope the case sheds light on the extent of the local meth problem as well as other crimes. Days after the sheriff's arrest, his chief deputy, 23-year-old Steffanie Kearbey, was charged with burglary and receiving stolen property — a gun taken from the department's evidence room.
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If you read the entire story...you will see this man is a Republican, who defeated his Democratic opponent by one vote...
His opponent had died earlier that month..

[xmas74]

1. Did you see the movie or read the book

Winter's Bone? It's more like that in some areas than anyone wants to admit.

[woofless]

2. First thing that popped into my head upon reading subjuct title:

Southwest Missouri. Sad, sad state of affairs.

[Canuckistanian]

3. "Never get high off your own supply"

Funny it's in Rush Limbaugh's home town, too.

[Stuart G]

4. Not Rush Oxicyontin LImbough??

The one that sent his workers out to get his supply?

(and probably still does..but we don't know it??}