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Two area men charged with manufacturing meth
Monday, May 11, 2009 at 11:40 a.m.
CHILLICOTHE, Mo. - Two Northwest Missouri men were arrested Friday in connection with the theft of materials from area farms, according to the Livingston County Sheriff's Department.
Billy Albert Hatfield, 29, Chillicothe; and Wilbur Eugene Brock Jr., 38, Trenton, were arrested for investigation into the alleged attempted theft of anhydrous ammonia, attempting to manufacture methamphetamine, traffic violation(s) and trespassing, said Sheriff Steve Cox.
Mr. Cox said the department received a call about 4:25 p.m. regarding one or more men allegedly trespassing and possibly possessing stolen anhydrous ammonia from a farm on Missouri Route V.
Deputies responded to intercept the suspects and subsequently halted the vehicle near Maple Street and John F. Kennedy Street in Chillicothe. Officers discovered alleged ingredients for a mobile methamphetamine lab.
Mr. Hatfield was on parole for a drug violation, while Mr. Brock was on probation for a felony tampering charge.
A continuing investigation uncovered approximately 10 alleged manufacturing methamphetamine violations over two months, Mr. Cox said, with anhydrous ammonia being stolen from area farmers.
Information on the case has been forwarded to Livingston County Prosecutor Michael Koenig.
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boboberg says...
You can bust every meth lab and meth user you can come up with and you will not even START to put a dent in the huge demand for meth. Meth addicts LOVE their meth and if you shut down the local labs then the Mexican mafia will simply increase the amount of meth it exports into the USA to meet the new demand. Methamphetamine should be legal. Mexico just legalized possession of small amounts of drugs. Portugal decriminalized all drugs in 2001. Legalizing meth would kill meth labs, meth houses and the meth mafia overnight. A group of 10,000 very serious policemen, prosecutors, attorneys and citizens have formed a group to legalize ALL drugs, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (http://leap.cc ) They see what happened when we legalized alcohol in 1932 as a good example of how drug legalization would work. They're sick of chasing drug users and sending innocent people to prison for decades just because they like to get high. This foolish war on drugs has lasted 37 years and cost us over a TRILLION dollars and we are not an inch closer to stopping drugs. Mark Montgomery boboberg@nyc.rr.com
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