When authorities discover a “meth house,” they decontaminate it by removing chemicals, getting rid of carpeting, cleaning walls, and airing the place out for a few days.

A 46-year-old Phelps County man was was sentenced to 15 months in prison, Acting United States Attorney Michael W. Reap said Tuesday.

Investigators say they've made an arrest in the weekend killing of a Missouri man whose body was found in a motel room in Fairmont City.

Blair S. Miller was indicted on federal firearms charges, Acting United States Attorney Michael W. Reap announced today.

A joint effort between Pathways Community Behavioral Healthcare, Inc, Prevention Consultants of Missouri, the Missouri Department of Mental Health, and the Phelps County Sheriff’s Department begins next week.

Amy Clifford pleaded guilty to the embezzlement of $58,000 of customer funds, Acting United States Attorney Michael W. Reap announced today.

A 24-year-old Phelps County woman was sentenced Friday to five months in prison and five months of home confinement on federal mail-theft charges.

Deanna Wisdom was sentenced to five months prison (time served) and five months of home confinement on federal mail theft charges, Acting United States Attorney Michael W. Reap and Phelps County Sheriff  Rick Lisenbe announced today.  She was also ordered to pay approximately $4000 restitution.

Craig Jacob was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for his participation in an inflated billing scheme, Acting United States Attorney Michael W. Reap announced today.

Three people have entered guilty pleas to passing counterfeit $20 and $10 dollar bills in Hannibal and Bowling Green, MO, Acting United States Attorney Michael W. Reap announced today.

Motorists will see more law enforcement officers on Interstate 44 on Saturday, Oct. 17. The Rolla Police Department will join law enforcement agencies across Missouri to crack down on unbuckled, speeding and impaired drivers.

Two Rolla residents and one Newburg man are scheduled for sentencing in December after recently pleading guilty to federal charges involving a murder-for-hire conspiracy, according to Acting United States Attorney Michael W. Reap.

Captain Lee Ann H. Kenley, commanding officer of Troop I, announces the results of a special enforcement operation conducted in Phelps and Pulaski counties on September 24, 2009.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol announces that a DNA “match” made from a
DNA sample analyzed at the Patrol’s Springfield Crime Laboratory has
resulted in the first criminal charge being filed as a result of Missouri’s
recently expanded DNA law.

Twenty-seven years after the strangulation and shooting homicide of a Salem woman, her boyfriend will stand trial in a Phelps County courtroom and answer to a capital murder charge.