For further information please contact: Sergeant Dan Crain
573-368-2345
I09E07
September 17, 2007

EMPHASIS: Dixon Resident Arrested for Drug Charges


At approximately 12:30 p.m., September 12, 2007, Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers assigned to the Troop I Marijuana Eradication team, located cultivated marijuana plants approximately five miles north of Dixon, near Missouri Highway 28, in Maries County. Troopers contacted the owner of the property, Michael R. Davis, 45, at his residence and obtained his consent to search further. Seven marijuana plants, processed marijuana, and paraphernalia where located during the search.
Davis was arrested for felony manufacture of a controlled substance (marijuana), felony possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
The charges for which Davis has been arrested are mere accusations and are not evidence of his 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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