Drug paraphernalia found during "Operation Spiked" |
Drugs/weapons found during "Operation Spiked" |
Jacob O' Connor |
Dennis O'Connor |
Charles Cooper |
Paula O'Connor |
Michael O'Connor |
On
8/7/13 the Bates County Sheriff’s Office and the CNET Drug Task Force concluded
a Narcotics investigation dubbed “Operation Spiked”. Operation Spiked started approximately a
year ago with multiple tips to the Sheriff’s Office in reference to possible
stolen vehicles and drugs in rural Adrian.
The
investigation centered around the residence of Michael (Spike) and Paula O’Connor
at RR 2 Box 324 Adrian Missouri. During
the last year the CNET Drug Task Force began making purchases of illegal drugs
from the residence along with heavy patrols.
On
or about 6/29/2013 a Deputy stopped a vehicle leaving the O’Connor residence
for a traffic violation. During the
vehicle stop the Bates County K9 indicated on the vehicle for the presence of
drugs. The vehicle was searched and
approximately 138 Grams of Crystal Methamphetamine was located along with a
firearm and small homemade explosive devices.
The male was identified as Charles Paul Cooper, 45 year old, W/M from Springfield
Missouri and was arrested and charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance
and bond was set at $50,000 cash or surety.
On
or about 7/14/2013 a Deputy stopped a vehicle believed to be coming from the O’Conner
residence. A K9 was called to the
vehicle stop and indicated on the vehicle for the presence of drugs. The vehicle was searched and
approximately of 4 grams of Crystal
Methamphetamine, 1.26 grams of Cocaine, 4 grams of marijuana was located along
with a .25 caliber Pistol, paraphernalia and several homemade explosive devices. The subject identified as Dennis Leroy
O’Connor, 46 year old, W/M from Lane Kansas was arrested and charged with Possession
of a Controlled Substance bond was set at $20,000 cash or surety.
On
8/7/13, at approximately 8pm, a Deputy stopped Michael O’Connor and another
subject in a vehicle just off AA Highway.
O’Connor was operating a vehicle that was identified earlier in the
investigation as a vehicle that possibly was stolen out of Buffalo
Missouri. The tags on the vehicle
checked back to a 1992 Chevrolet to O’Connor.
The vehicles window VIN matched that of the registration on the tags. The confidential VIN showed that the vehicle was
stolen out of Buffalo Missouri is really a 1998 Chevrolet. O’Connor and the male subject was arrested
and taken to the Bates County Sheriff’s Office.
At
approximately 11:00 pm on 8/7/13 the Bates County Sheriff’s SERT Team, the Cass
County Sheriff’s SWAT Team along with members of the CNET Drug Task Force and
the Missouri State Highway Patrol executed a search warrant on the residence of
Michael and Paula O’Connor. Four
subjects were taken into custody at the residence without incident.
During
a search of the residence and shop the Sheriff’s Office seized approximately 80
grams of Crystal Methamphetamine, 5 grams
of Cocaine, 7 cultivated marijuana plants, 37 rifles and handguns, 7 vehicles
that came back either stolen or had altered vehicle identification numbers, 5
Motorcycles that had no vehicle identification Numbers or altered numbers.
One
subject at the residence had a previous felony conviction for selling Marijuana
to undercover agents of the CNET Drug Task Force in March of 2012. The subject identified as Jacob Patrick O’Connor,
23 year old W/M, of Adrian Missouri was charged with Unlawful Possession of a
Firearm by a convicted Felon. Bond was
set at $20,000 cash or surety.
A
second subject at the residence, Paula Lynnette O’Connor, 48 year old W/F, of
Adrian Missouri was charged with Trafficking or attempted Trafficking of
Methamphetamine, bond was set at $250,000 cash or surety.
Michael
Alan O’Connor, 53 year old W/M, of Adrian Missouri has been charged with
Trafficking or Attempted Trafficking of Methamphetamine and Distributing a
Controlled Substance, bond was set at $425,000 cash or surety.
Sheriff
Anderson stated, “I would like to thank those agencies like Cass County
Sheriff’s Office and the Missouri State Highway Patrol for their help in this
case. I would also like to thank the
citizens of Bates County for continuing to support the Office of Sheriff and
reporting suspicious and drug activity.
Arrest like these show that working together can move us forward as a
united community in the fight against drugs”.