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

Troop E Headquarters - 4947 Highway 67 North - Poplar Bluff, MO 63901


News Release

For further information please contact: Trooper Clark D. Parrott
(573) 840-9500, ext. 3532
0107133
January 7, 2013

EMPHASIS: Patrol Asks For Assistance In Arson Investigation


On January 1, 2013, at the Crop Production Services facility in Portageville, Missouri, a fire was intentionally set. The New Madrid County Sheriff’s Department, Missouri State Highway Patrol, and the Office of the State Fire Marshal is investigating the setting of the fire.

Crop Production Services is offering a $10,000 reward and the Missouri Division of Fire Safety is also offering up to a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the party or parties responsible.

Individuals with information are urged to call Investigator Danny Ware at the New Madrid County Sheriff’s Department at (573) 748-2516 or the Missouri Arson Hotline at 1-800-39-ARSON.



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