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For further information please contact: Sergeant Dale H. Moreland
(573) 840-9500
022914
February 29, 2008

EMPHASIS: Traffic Stop On Missouri Route D Results In Drug Arrest


On February 24, 2008, at approximately 10:30 p.m. a member of the Missouri State Highway Patrol stopped a 1995 Pontiac Grand Am traveling east on Missouri Route D in Scott County for a traffic violation.
A passenger, Kelly D. Hart, 36, of Charleston, Missouri, was in the vehicle stopped for a traffic violation. During the course of the traffic stop, permission to search was requested and granted. During the search 440 psueudoephedrine pills were located on Hart’s person. Kelly D. Hart was arrested for possession of controlled substance with intent to distribute and taken to the Scott County Jail.
The charge for which Kelly D. Hart was arrested is mere accusation and is not evidence of guilt. Evidence in support of the charge must be presented before a court of competent jurisdiction whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence.



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