MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Troop B Headquarters, 308 Pine Crest Drive, Macon, Mo 63552


NEWS RELEASE

For further information please contact: Sergeant Brent J. Bernhardt
(660) 385-2132
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September 14, 2009

EMPHASIS: Wayland Resident Arrested On Drug Charges


On September 10, 2009, members of the Missouri State Highway Patrol and Clark County Sheriff’s Department arrested Scott J. Ash, 44, of Wayland, Missouri, for six drug-related charges following an investigation of an illegal marijuana growing operation in rural Clark County. During the investigation, five cultivated marijuana plants, a small amount of processed marijuana, methamphetamine, and drug paraphernalia were seized. Ash was charged with felony manufacturing of a controlled substance (marijuana), felony possession of methamphetamine, felony maintaining a public nuisance, felony unlawful use of drug paraphernalia-methamphetamine, possession of less than 35 grams of marijuana, unlawful use of drug paraphernalia. He was incarcerated in the Clark County Jail pending issuance of warrants.
The charges for which Ash was arrested are mere accusations and are not evidence of guilt. Evidence in support of the charges must be presented before a court of competent jurisdiction whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence.
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