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Read comments (25)Danny England, 36, was arrested shortly after noon Wednesday. He had been sought by deputies since a search warrant was served at his Gilliam home Tuesday.
Deputies, assisted by other law enforcement agencies, allegedly discovered more than 90 grams of methamphetamine during the search, according to the report.
The search also revealed a John Deere Bobcat worth an estimated $16,000 that was reported stolen in Lafayette County, a video surveillance system, more than 20 guns, a large amount of ammunition and equipment and materials commonly used to manufacture methamphetamine, according to Saline County Sheriff Wally George.
Shelly L. Ousley, 30, was arrested at the residence Tuesday after the search was conducted.
England and Ousley were each charged with six felony drug offenses: class A felony drug trafficking, class B felony possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, class D felony possession of methamphetamine precursor drugs, class D felony unlawful use of drug paraphernalia, class D felony possession of anhydrous amonia in a nonapproved container and class C felony possession of chemicals with intent to manufacture a controlled substance, according to unofficial court records.
Bond was set at $15,000, cash only, for each, according to court records.
England was located after deputies learned that a vehicle thought to belong to Jerry George was at England's residence, according to a report released Thursday, March 13.
Deputies were unable to locate either man there, but when they visited George's home, they discovered England there, according to the report.
George, son of the sheriff, is free on bond for six felony drug charges filed against him in August, including possession of controlled substances and possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to manufacture controlled substances.
As a condition of his release, Jerry George has been required to submit to random drug testing, and a test was given Wednesday when he reported to the Saline County Justice Center to provide a statement in the England case.
George was released later Wednesday, the sheriff said, because of an administrative complication.
Circuit Judge Dennis Rolf recused himself Feb. 25 from Jerry George's case and the Office of the State Courts Administrator has not yet assigned a new judge to the case, the sheriff said.
The results of the drug test is being forwarded to the prosecutor's office today, George said.
Contact Eric Crump at marshalleditor@socket.net
Your problem SC is that you refer to me as "people like you" and "views like yours" and "harboring my feelings of anger" like I am the criminal. Clever. But you better keep readin' your bible and get up a little earlier in the morning, Slick. I'm not the criminal here....and you STILL are not the victim.
But you have inadvertently made my point, and it isn't your fault--or even in your ability to do so purposefully. The point being, all of life is a choice...You made yours.
well cheetah once again you have shown it and this time it's not your fault though. i left marshall for varies reasons but the lack of a good recovery community was just one. and by the way i have started making amends but it is a life long process. for that matter most of those close to me(the ones that are on my amends list) encourged me to find somewhere with more support and were happy to see me get away from the closeminded attitudes like yours. as far as my advice to those who suffer from the disease, its to find a program of support group that will help you recover, no matter where it is. as far as following God in the first place, i believe that He has a plan for all of us and while i admit i turned my back on Him for a long time, it took me falling to the bottom to to see that He was always there for me if i just reached out for Him. some of us have to learn things a different way and that doesn't make us any less a person than you. i truely hope you can let go of your resentments and anger. i don't have the luxury of harboring such things because they tend to rot a mans spiritual being and if i allow that to happen i will die an alcoholic death. i will pray that The God Of My Understanding( a loving God that gave His Son for us not a vengeful God) will help you and others like you gain a little understanding.
Well, SC, I have to be honest. I had a response left for you that I ended up requesting to be deleted.
Let's break your word "ignorance" down to it's root (this is your attack on me):
The root word of "ignorance" is "ignore": to refuse deliberately to consider or take notice of. It also means to disregard, neglect, or slight.
What part of my post led you to believe I ignored any of these people? How could I know what I know and tell what I tell if I ignored them?
But speaking of refusing deliberately to consider or take notice of, disregarding, negelecting, and slighting: what amends have you made for the lives you destroyed with your "disease"? Sounds like your choice was to run away, rather than stick around and deal with the consequences. I'm not talking about going to jail as a consequence. I'm talking about the abstract pain and damage that can't be seen--and is never considered when someone is doped up.
OK. You've made yourself a "valuable" member of society. Your society. Another state, another place...far, far away. How have you been accountable to the lives that have been destroyed here? Or...have you ignored that? Who, again, is ignorant?
It sounds as though your advice to the "diseased" is to run as far as possible from the people you hurt--but you cleverly twist it into "the people who hurt you". That is truly amazing, and the real reason our "justice" system is in a shambles: the criminal convinces some soft-heart that he's not the criminal...he's the victim.
Let's put it this way, using your logic: I racked up $20 grand on credit cards buying hookers. I am now facing foreclosure, repossession, and bankruptcy. My wife has left me, I've lost my job, and I'll probably never see my children again. Oh, and in desperation and succumbing to my "disease", I've stolen from my parents, grandparents, robbed stores at knife and/or gunpoint. I've been tried and convicted for various felonies, and I can't get a decent job in my hometown. I have now run away to Las Vegas. Will you give me a loan, because, you know I'm good for it, right?
Maybe one day I'll log onto my hometown blog as an exmarshallite living in Vegas (where I can be "supported" appropriately for my hooker disease) and tell everyone in good ol' Marshall MO where they screwed up...and how ignorant *they* are.
I'm glad you thank Him. Good choice. How much better would it have been to follow Him in the first place?
well smokin cheetah that is just the kind of ignorance that convinced me to leave marshall. i'm a recovering alcoholic and addict and people like you make recovery more difficult with your close minded views. first of all addiction is a disease not a choice. yeah we make mistakes and choices that help lead to a bad end but if you just lock up a bunch of addicts and don't treat the disease they will not recover. secondly don't worry i have no love for what saline county calls "justice". i did more time for felony dui then most meth cooks get. they get off with drug court and light sentences so it looks like they are trying to fight the problem through rehabilitaion. the hard fact is that someone has to want to recover, you can't make them want it. truth be known a good place to find your "bottom" is in a jail cell and then treatment and recovery should be encourged and facilitated. i thank God that i had to expierence jail because it woke me up but i also thatnk Him that good people invested time and effort to help me begin recovery. and just so you know it wasn't anyone in your local "justice" system giving that help. i was lucky! i guess it doen't matter to me if you want a bunch of unrecovered addicts walking around your town, i don't live there anymore. i live in a community that supports those in recovery and you can bet we'll be praying for those who are still sick and suffering.if you think it's bad now just keep things the way they are and get back to me when they fix themselves with out some kind of change. i have a feeling i'll be waiting a long time. maybe you should try doing a little research before you start piping off about stuff that you have no clue about. and by the way for a you people who correct everyones grammar and spelling on here, get a life!
In the interest of keeping everyone up-to-date on George's case: Judge Michael L. Midyett, Associate Circuit, Chariton County, was assigned to this case on March 18. A trial date hasn not been set.
Well said Smokin' Cheetah....
I am a sympathetic and a compassionate person.
I have sat in a hospital room beside a good buddy while his one year old son took his last breath in his arms, and all the while felt a little guilty that my own toddler was healthy and alive.
I have taken hand-outs and welfare to feed my family when I couldn't possibly work enough hours and go to school and make all the ends meet. And since then, I donate what I can when I can--seemingly a little better off than I was all those years ago.
I have listened to countless stories from kids who are suffering abuse most of us can only read about. I have also coached them, taught them, and led them in various organizations.
I am all for helping people who can't help themselves. BUT.....
When an otherwise stable individual takes it upon themselves to use drugs, drink excessively, steal, kill, rape, cheat the system, abuse or negelect a child; when the cognitive processes that lead the ordinary individual through their daily functions somehow become manipulated by their own choice to do something stupid and illegal...I have no sympathy. And I certainly will oppose using one red cent of my own money to help "reform" them from a lifestyle THEY chose to pursue!!
This society continues to enable the offender by funding these programs to make them "valuable" members of society. This is going to sound harsh and probably a bit prejudiced, but here's my little hint: if there were any possibility of value to society, they wouldn't have made the choices they made.
Before you slit my throat on this blog, I have also attended more than one funeral of a blood relative that overdosed; I've had close personal friends that will never see the light of day as free men again; and, I have watched bad people become even worse because of their time locked up. As much as I care or cared about every one of them, they all have one thing in common when it comes to me: If I had Bill Gates's money, I wouldn't spend a nickel to bail them out of the choices they made.
This country spends millions, if not billions, educating people about abiding the law. We also support them with millions of tax dollars when they break the law. Uh.......anyone see a problem with this?
Mr Crump, Thank you for your response. I understand it about the bond. I am not outraged that he got out on bond. I am not going to use exclamation marks anymore. That is kind of a habit I have developed. I am sorry. I am on the other hand very upset about the bond conditions. One other thing I must comment on is while I was reading the casenet files I learned that he also has a curfew from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. and I don't know if that is being followed. It would be very hard to abide by that being a truck driver. that sounds kind of fishy to me. I really just want the laws to apply to everyone in the same way. No harsher and no more lenient. Thank you
Mr Crump, Somehow my response to you did not post!! I did not ask why bond was reduced!!! I stated the facts!! That it was reduced. I wanted to know why his drug screening was modified from every three days to random??? Is it because he drives a truck and can't report to take them or what?? If that is the case then how is that fair to everyone else???
The exclamation point ("his bond was reduced!") suggests a certain passion behind the comment. Could be joy, as in "Hurray! His bond was reduced!" or it could be outrage, as in "What an injustice! His bond was reduced!" Given your previous comments and the rest of the message in question, I assumed you were leaning more toward outrage than toward joy.
Your question was a good one, though. I just provided an answer :-)
Your question about drug tests is also a good one. I just haven't had time to ask it, but I will, because it deserves an answer and I'm curious myself.
everyone is stuck on meth what about marijuana? There are marijuana users that are getting by with murder around Marshall and Slater. There are quite a bit of them that need to be arrested as well especially when they live with meth users. Get the drug users out of these areas to make a better community to live in.
Granny08- If you want to know why the bond was reduced, why don't you do a simple search on this very site??
Lawyer for Jerry George requests reduced bond in drug case
Friday, September 14, 2007
By ERIC CRUMP/Editor
A motion was filed Thursday, Sept. 13, in Saline County Circuit Court requesting a bond reduction for Jerry George, son of Sheriff Wally George, who has been charged with six counts of drug possession and manufacturing.
A cash-only bond of $25,000 was set Friday, Aug. 31.
In the motion, attorney Philip D. Sachs, representing George, says the bond is excessive for the offenses and asks the court to reduce it to $5,000.
He argued that the sheriff is treating his son more harshly than he would other suspects.
"I doubt that the Sheriff of Saline County would make a point of asking for a 'very high bond' to be set if the Defendant were not the Sheriff's son," Sachs said in the motion.
"The Sheriff is making a point of showing that his son is not going to be treated with any leniency, so that the general public will not think that there is any 'under the table activity going on with this case.'"
Sachs said Jerry George has cooperated with authorities and argues that he is not likely to flee.
George is charged with class B felony manufacture of methamphetamine, a controlled substance, four counts of class C felony possession of a controlled substance and class D felony possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to manufacture methamphetamine.
A bond reduction hearing has been set for Wednesday, Sept. 19. A preliminary hearing on the charges is set for Wednesday, Oct. 17.
It seems that meth is all over the state of Missouri and you have those that have been charged with charges relating to meth and have been through numerous drug courts and to no avail they don't seem to want to help them self. How long does this have to continue before you lock them up for longer than a couple of years and release them to have them continue using meth? You have people out here doing less criminally and getting worse treatment and sentences than the ones that are continually getting in trouble with meth. Something has to give somewhere. I mean come on we have people out there with lesser charges who get more jail time than some of those who continually get caught using, selling, or in possession of meth.
rudy... why is anything owed to the sheriff?? It is his JOB! And the whole I scratch your back and you scratch my back idea is not for law enforcement! Sorry and btw... the initial bail was higher and it was reduced! Again in my opinion it is who you know or who you are! That's just the way it is
I did some checking and was wondering why Jerry George condition of bond was modified from drug screening every three days to random drug screening? just curious
Am I missing something here? I don't remember reading anywhere that the Sheriff was the one who posted his son's bond. I don't know if he did or didn't but it seems like an awfully big assumption considering anyone can post a bond (I think?).
Sheriff George would never give special treatment to his son. No matter what our career is that doesn't mean that our children, no matter how hard we try, are going to do the right thing. Come on people give Sheriff George the respect he deserves and say a prayer for his family.
all i can say is that the son should still be in jail thinking about his actions and if it were my son I sure would have not bailed him out. I also wonder just how many drug screens have been admiministered??
I know Sheriff George very well... I worked with him in my days as a reporter and years later, still consider him a great friend. I can tell you without doubt that man cares more about Saline County and the safety of its citizens than most of you can even pretend to.
I assure you, knowing him as I do, as both a father and a sheriff, he's more disgusted with his son's alleged actions than any of you people could even begin to be.
If he was going to give his kid special treatment, do you think the kid would have ever been arrested in the first place? Do you have any idea how many elected officials' kids break laws but get off scott free? That's not what's happening here... the law has a course it runs, this case is no different. He's out on bond, people, not out on "my dad's the sheriff so I'm walking."
Sheriff George has been more than forthcoming with information about this case. You people who can't spell "law" let alone understand it need to chill a tad.
Before you run your mouth about an issue you know nothing about, how about you get the facts straight? What a novel idea.
How about getting some judges elected that will do some good....has anyone thought of that yet?
Meth is a scourge on our nation. It leaves addicts in a state worse than death. People like Sheriff George have been fighting it for years yet the problem grows worse. We need more weapons to fight the war on meth. Such things as drug courts where alternative sentences are utilized have been very successful. Here in Oklahoma we have the highest percentage of women incarcerated in the nation, the majority involving drug offenses. Yet we are also failing in this war. We need innovative ideas put in action. Some things to consider are better mental healthcare availibility, and treating the illness. By the way, it's cheaper than prison. All you folks thinking don't coddle em, think tax break instead. That's what could happen if prison populations went down, and drug courts were utilized. They have a better record of avoiding recedivism, than prison sentences. Costs down, coffers full, tax cut.
So what if Wally's position gets his kid a break or two. Wally has helped many people over the years, he should do what he can (within reason) to help his own. The guy is a known offender, that will never change. Whats the difference if Wally put up the higher bail to help him or he gets a break so Wally doesnt have to do that? I say give Wally all the help and support he can get. It's owed to him.
Why has the sheriffs son not been tried? Seam pretty convienent to have administrative problems. Why is Englands bond cash only, George's bond is a serity bond. Seems to be a lot of favortism in the sheriff's son's case. Jerry George drives a 18 wheeler, do you want to meet him on the road under the influence of meth? Protect our kids and our future, put these meth users where they belong, quit wasting tax payers money. Step up to the plate or step down and let someone else clean up these messes. You get more punishment from a dwi than meth. Depending who you are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If it turns out Sheriff George has not been following proper procedure, we'll report that, too. I don't think he's expecting any favors from anyone in this case, including the media.
As to why Jerry George's case hasn't gone to trial, I can't say for sure, but I do know that our legal system is methodical and often excruciatingly slow. The accused in two 2006 murders in Marshall have not yet come to trial, either. They will.
Go figure!
I can only imagine the heartache and discontent Sheriff George and his family is going through. His fight to curb meth and other drugs has become a personal battle and I pray for his strength and the Lord's grace. I also pray his son can overcome this horrible addiction.
It looks really good to have the sheriffs son appear with other drug users considering he is out on bond. I hope this isn't how he was planning on trying to stay clean and I hope that for his sake the drug test comes back negative