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

Division of Drug and Crime Control - P.O. Box 568 - Jefferson City, Mo. 65102


News Release

For further information please contact: Sergeant Erik Eidson
(573) 522-0980
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December 3, 2012

EMPHASIS: Drug Arrest In Crawford County



Captain Sarah L. Eberhard, director of the Division of Drug and Crime Control, announces the result of a joint narcotics investigation in Crawford and Pulaski counties.

On Tuesday, November 27, 2012, at the conclusion of a drug investigation conducted by the Lake Area Narcotics Enforcement Group (LANEG), officers from the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office arrested Thomas C. Anderson, 33 from St. James, Missouri. Anderson was arrested on one count of distribution and sale of a controlled substance. He was released from the Pulaski County Jail after posting a $25,000 surety bond. After Anderson was arrested, LANEG and officers from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, South Central Drug Task Force, Phelps County Sheriff’s Office, Crawford County Sheriff’s Office, and the St. James Police Department executed a search warrant at his residence in St. James, Missouri. The search of the residence resulted in additional evidentiary items seized.

The above charge is mere accusation and is not evidence of guilt. Evidence in support of these charges must be presented before a court of competent jurisdiction whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence.
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