VAN BUREN, Mo. – One county on the edge of the Missouri Ozarks seemed oddly immune to the scourge of methamphetamine ravaging the state, boasting few meth raids or arrests in recent years. Some residents now think they know why, after a meth bust landed the Carter County sheriff himself in jail.
Tommy Adams, county sheriff for a little more than two years, was arrested earlier this month after giving meth to an informant at his cabin on a remote and hilly gravel road, according to a court document. He also allegedly snorted the drug himself with a straw. Authorities would not detail the extent of Adam's alleged meth involvement, but charged him with meth distribution. He is being held in Cape Girardeau County jail on $250,000 bond.
Meth is a huge problem in rural areas, mainly because solitude is necessary to make the drug and avoid detection. It It's a little surprising for someone ln law enforcement to be involved, to this degree at least. What has really knocked my socks off is that in that corner of Missouri, we have more meth than snow. One county had freakishly low arrests and documented activity, and nobody wondered what was up. It's one of few times I'm struck speechless. I'm on punchline overload. I have to go walk this off.
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