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170 pounds of Meth located, I-44 traffic stop

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GREENE COUNTY, Mo. — Troop D of the Missouri State Highway Patrol release details regarding a large drug haul.

They release a few images of ‘K9 James’ who serves the Troop along with 170 pounds of Meth he recently assisted in locating.

Missouri State Highway Patrol ‘K9 James’ and 170 pounds of meth, November 2022.

Troop D says, “out of state driver stopped for a traffic violation on I-44 in Greene Co. Some packages just simply won’t be delivered this holiday season!”

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Pickup rear ended and overturned near Oronogo

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JASPER COUNTY, Mo. — Just after 10 p.m. Saturday night, October 8, 2022, reports of a two-vehicle crash along MO-96 near CR240 alerted Jasper County E-911.

Oronogo Fire Dept, Jasper County Sheriff’s Deputies and METS ambulance responded. Missouri State Highway Patrol were notified. Oronogo Police assisted.

On scene we learn from Sgt B. Crockett of Troop D, two pickups were traveling eastbound on MO-96, just east of CR-240.

The driver of the pickup in the rear admitted to using his phone, looked up and struck the other pickup in the left rear, causing it to go off-road, through a barbed wire fence, overturning.

Two people in the pickup overturned were transported to Freeman West hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

They were not wearing seat belts.

The driver of the other pickup was not injured.

H&H Wrecker removed the vehicles from the crash scene.

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