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
B09094
September 22, 2009

EMPHASIS: Luray Resident Arrested On Drug Charges



On September 18, 2009, members of the Missouri State Highway Patrol and Clark County Sheriff’s Department arrested Danny Hardy, 49, of Luray, Missouri, for nine felony charges following an investigation of an illegal marijuana growing operation in rural Clark County. During the investigation, cultivated marijuana plants, processed marijuana, methamphetamine, a firearm, and drug paraphernalia were seized. Hardy was charged with felony manufacturing of a controlled substance (marijuana), felony possession of marijuana, felony possession of methamphetamine, felony maintaining a public nuisance, felony unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia-methamphetamine, felony unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia -marijuana, felony unlawful possession of a firearm, felony Clark County probation warrant, and felony state of Illinois probation warrant. He was incarcerated in the Clark County Jail on a $50,000 bond.
The charges for which Hardy was arrested are mere accusations and are not evidence of guilt. Evidence in support of the charges must be presented to a court of competent jurisdiction whose duty is determine guilt or innocence.
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