Police, Task Force discover large amount of heroin
Leadington officer makes discovery during traffic stop
By CHRIS CLINE
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Published: Friday, February 05, 2010
Updated: Friday, February 5, 2010 9:38 AM CST
Updated: Friday, February 5, 2010 9:38 AM CST
LEADINGTON — The Leadington Police Department and the Mineral Area Drug Task Force uncovered a “large” amount of heroin early Sunday morning. Leadington Police Chief Cledith Wakefield said the discovery of the drugs came as a result of a traffic stop.
He said Leadington Officer Stephen Long conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by Ashley Holmes, 22, Leadington. Wakefield said Long pulled Holmes over for suspicion of drunk driving.
“She was on narcotics,” Wakefield said. “The officer found drugs inside the vehicle.”
The chief said after Long found the drugs inside the vehicle, he notified the Mineral Area Drug Task Force. Task Force members along with the Leadington Police Department then went to Holmes’ Leadington apartment.
“A large amount of heroin, narcotics and cash was found,” Wakefield said.
Holmes was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia. Floyd E. Eaton, 39, St. Louis, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance with the intent to distribute and possession of drug paraphernalia. His bond was set at $50,000. Wakefield said a total of four people were taken into custody. The other two will be charged in municipal court.
Chris Cline is a reporter for the Daily Journal. Contact him at 573-431-2010, ext. 114 or at ccline@dailyjournalonline.com.
He said Leadington Officer Stephen Long conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by Ashley Holmes, 22, Leadington. Wakefield said Long pulled Holmes over for suspicion of drunk driving.
“She was on narcotics,” Wakefield said. “The officer found drugs inside the vehicle.”
The chief said after Long found the drugs inside the vehicle, he notified the Mineral Area Drug Task Force. Task Force members along with the Leadington Police Department then went to Holmes’ Leadington apartment.
“A large amount of heroin, narcotics and cash was found,” Wakefield said.
Holmes was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia. Floyd E. Eaton, 39, St. Louis, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance with the intent to distribute and possession of drug paraphernalia. His bond was set at $50,000. Wakefield said a total of four people were taken into custody. The other two will be charged in municipal court.
Chris Cline is a reporter for the Daily Journal. Contact him at 573-431-2010, ext. 114 or at ccline@dailyjournalonline.com.
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Article Comments (24)The comments below are from readers and do not represent the views of the Daily Journal.
blasterrat posted at Friday, February 12th, 2010 at 3:26 pm
Sioko; Know lots of constuction workers who get high,not a single one hurt on the job yet because of drugs.I worked over thirty years in construction including several high risk jobs where the simpilest of mistakes could cost you your life.Again I never seen anyone get hurt because of drugs.You may wonder How can this be? Well its really pretty simple.Even those of us that get high have enough commensense to not do it at work where you might get killed,Duh. We also had enough sense to not let someone who was impared work.They would be sent home.If someone showed up at a jobsite impaired by alcohol or drugs it was commen knowledge that it was your responsibillity to not let them work therefore protecting them,yourself,and others.Everyone took their jobs seriously with the attitude of what you do at home is your own buisiness,just dont bring it to the jobsite.You will be sent home and possibly terminated if you do.Ah the good days.I sure do miss them.Everyone got along so well,the job always got done,and seldom did anyone get injured.Work sure was great back then.Show up,go home.Now they want your life 24/7 but still only pay you for eight.
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Sioko posted at Friday, February 12th, 2010 at 1:42 pm
NEWSFLASH: Constitution was NOT written to protect DRUG ADDICTS and enable them to endanger others by serving in positions where there inebriated and inhibited decision making capabilities threaten the lives and well-being of the rest of society, not to mention lower the quality of service and product their employers are able to provide.
Read the FULL Declaration of Independence and you will see why it was written and who it protects. Not to mention why so many "right-wingers" are calling for another Revolution and are mysteriously against ALL of the Democratic agenda.
Blasterrat; You're view on drug testing, when applied to anything else is dangerous and irresponsible. You're ok with drug testing a hurt worker, but the PT that may have prevented that fall is unconstitutional? Preemptive PT's that save lives are bad, so test only after they've hurt themselves or someone else? Long time addicts may become adept at hiding their inebriation, but they are still dangerously impaired. I will remember from now on to ask my contractor if he randomly drug tests his employees before I hire his work. Thanks for the warning!
Read the FULL Declaration of Independence and you will see why it was written and who it protects. Not to mention why so many "right-wingers" are calling for another Revolution and are mysteriously against ALL of the Democratic agenda.
Blasterrat; You're view on drug testing, when applied to anything else is dangerous and irresponsible. You're ok with drug testing a hurt worker, but the PT that may have prevented that fall is unconstitutional? Preemptive PT's that save lives are bad, so test only after they've hurt themselves or someone else? Long time addicts may become adept at hiding their inebriation, but they are still dangerously impaired. I will remember from now on to ask my contractor if he randomly drug tests his employees before I hire his work. Thanks for the warning!
TheProfessor posted at Thursday, February 11th, 2010 at 3:29 am
All this drug testing is really stupid. I think the only reason they make you take a drug test is to set you up to think that you are somehow not worthy of making more money, or that you are somehow morally capable of holding this job. There is really no other explanation for it. If you talk to a chemist, a pharmacist, or a druggie, they will tell you that a lot of these dangerous drugs - oxycontin, cocaine, etc. are only in your system for maybe one or two days. In contrast to that, marijuana stays in your system for much longer. These tests can do an adequate job of finding out who might smoke pot, but do nothing about these harder drugs. How is this any kind of deterrant? Wouldn't this just lead people who are going to do drugs to say"I won't smoke pot, I'll just smoke crack instead?" How does this make anything any better?
In addition to a practical argument against this, aren't we entitled to a protection fo self incrimination under the the 5th amendment? Doesn't this entitlement extend to our bodies?
In addition to a practical argument against this, aren't we entitled to a protection fo self incrimination under the the 5th amendment? Doesn't this entitlement extend to our bodies?
poinfgtn posted at Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
This is my question, Why are these drug dealers out on the street less than one week of the bust. Plenty of time to run, who in there right mind bail them out DUH, another druggie.
blasterrat posted at Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
T-Bone; And if I were an ignorant yes man puppeteer I wouldnt be burden right? By the way my eyes are green.
T-Bone posted at Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
Mr. Blasterrat, you are so full of crap I bet your eyes are brown. I sit here and read your post hoping you are some 18 or 19 year old kid. At least then, there would be hope that in time you would change your ignorant ways, but I'm afraid you are probably much older than that and are beyond help. No, I have a feeling in not so distant future, if not already, you will be a burden on society.
blasterrat posted at Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
bt-marine; But I do care.Its not just about me or you for that matter.According to you my frame of mind and anyone else who has the same one is wrong.Ill tell you whats wrong.It is people who are yes men and agree with things just to be or feel accepted by others.Wrong is not standing up and refusing to obey by accepting and participating in things that violate our condtitutional rights such as drug testing without probable cause.By your user name I suspect you have been taught [conditioned] to always agree with a yes sir!.Thats acceptable in our military and if its your choice.but at some point people need to stand up for what they truly beleive to be whats right.Wrong is always doing what your told to do even though you may disagree.I think drug testing without probable cause violates my rights given to me by our constitution.I refuse to be a part of this policy.That doesnt mean Im wrong or a drug addict.It means Im a stand up kind of guy..Sadly we have many puppets,if noone stands up then who will protect our constitutional rights? It wont be the yes men [puppets] I know.
bt_marine posted at Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 at 12:46 pm
blasterrat - I've read countless posts from you over the last few months and it is pretty safe to say that the more you post, the lower your credibility becomes and the value of your personal opinion decreases significantly. Most of the time I get to the end of the first sentence of one of your posts and then write it off as a useless, self contradicting, hipicritical rant and go on to the next one. I'm sure that I'm not the only one.
It is also pretty safe to say that my hope in our society also drastically decreases with every post because I can imagine all of the people in this country that I've spoken with that have the same ideas and frame of mind as you. Hope you got your rubber boots on because the doo doo is gettin' pretty deep around here.
ps - I know you don't care about my opinion and my post didn't have any effect on you. Skip the reply post to me telling me how much you don't care because I don't care that you don't care. Freedom of speech blah blah blah I see your post coming.
It is also pretty safe to say that my hope in our society also drastically decreases with every post because I can imagine all of the people in this country that I've spoken with that have the same ideas and frame of mind as you. Hope you got your rubber boots on because the doo doo is gettin' pretty deep around here.
ps - I know you don't care about my opinion and my post didn't have any effect on you. Skip the reply post to me telling me how much you don't care because I don't care that you don't care. Freedom of speech blah blah blah I see your post coming.
blasterrat posted at Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
PART TWO, Some employers only test because of the Union that represents the employee tells them to.Many dont agree with the policy.Its usally the ones who dont test non union salary personell.A double standard to say the least.The bottem line is drug testing is a racket.A consortium was formed for Union members seeking a drug free work place.The testing work is contracted to Quest diagnostics who gladly participates raking in big profits at the exspense of the contractors who employee the Union members.Yeah theese contractors save money with premium breaks from thier workers comp. insurers.But for the most part they only care about production from employees.Production eqauls profit in most cases.So we have a drug testing system in place thats Union dictated.One that doesnt prevent drug abuse,one that isnt eqaul to all employees,one that says you got to get counseling if you fail a test before you can return to work,one that knows who uses the drugs and lets them know in advance of a test,one that is unfair and uneqaul,one that in my book is simply a joke.Another reason I refuse to be a part of it.If we are going to drug test,test everyone,not just a few picked ones.
blasterrat posted at Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 at 11:54 am
Bt-Marine; Actually after reading your post again I see you are still mistaken.I never said I refused to take a drug test,Ive taken many of them.What I said was I refuse to work for an employer who does drug testing.Why.Well you guessed it I smoke weed.However there was a seven year period in my life that I absolutely did not do any drugs.It was while I was on parole,ha ha ha,Ill laugh for you.During this time I still refused to work for those employers.There are over 200 contractors in the St,Louis area that employ persons with my skills.Ive only worked for and quit working for about a third of them.Plenty left for me to chose from.Plenty who still do not drug test.I never have refused to take the test,I have many times told them not to waste money testing me as I would fail.You know what,many respected that kept me on thier patroll,They would actually tell me ahead of time when I was going to be tested,you know so I could study for it.Aint it funny how that works.Ive gotten high with a few ceo s of well known contractors in the St,Louis area. cont.
blasterrat posted at Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 at 10:33 am
Bt-Marine; No your wrong.At that time [a seven year period]I was drug free as I was still on parole and did not want to go back to prison,so I smoked no weed during theese years,Work was good at the time and one could work where ever they wanted to.After I was off parole I told them before any test to not waste thier money as I would fail it.But you see I dont care if I fail,its only a job,I go to work for who I want to work for,if they want to violate my constitutional rights with drug testing Im not afraid to tell them no your not doing it to me.Ill just find another job.How I live my life and what I do away from work has nothing to do with my employer.I refuse to give up my rights so some employer can save money on his insurance.I chose to not be a puppet since I dont have to work just anywhere for a job.If others want to give up more than eight hours of thier life for a job then continue to be puppets and take your test.I wont,its the principle behind it,I wont play the game.
bt_marine posted at Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 at 9:47 am
blasterrat - You didn't refuse a drug test from potential employers because you thought it violated your rights, you refused because you would FAIL a drug test and because you are a drug user.
Isn't it funny that when people say they would refuse drug tests because it violates their rights usually turn out to be drug users. Interesting how that works together......
Isn't it funny that when people say they would refuse drug tests because it violates their rights usually turn out to be drug users. Interesting how that works together......
old cynic posted at Monday, February 8th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
LoveYourNeighbor...now you're talking. I with him/her.
blasterrat posted at Monday, February 8th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
Wow! It seems some think that if someone gets welfare or disabillity that they have a drug problem,and that theese programs and those who participate in them is the reason for the drug problem in our society.Not sure why they think this or how any of this came from the article being commented on.But LoveYourNeighbor seems to to be reasonable and I would agree that if you want drug testing that testing should apply to all.Our constitution protects us by allowing freedom from search and siezure without probable cause.I really dont think that someone receiving some type of goverment aid provides probable cause for search by drug testing.In fact I think all drug testing is unconstitutional unless probable cause is present.Just simply being an employee or welfare recipiant isnt probable cause the way I see it.You get hurt on the job,or havent found employment to get yourself off welfare in a given time frame,then yes drug test them.But random testing for employment or goverment aid is wrong and I think its a violation of everyones rights to freedom from search and seizure without probable cause.When I was able to work I refused to work for many employers for this reason.
LoveYourNeighbor posted at Monday, February 8th, 2010 at 9:03 am
Ok......you say drug test everyone who gets a government check. I am ok with that as long as you include the following and this list should not be all inclusive because I am sure I have missed some.
Pell Grant Recepients
Small Business that receive SBA grants or any tax credits
Large Corporations that receive tax credits
Child Tax Credit recepients
Banks who received bailout dollars
Auto Companies who received bailout dollars
Organizations receiving government funds
Faith Based Groups
Politicans
Government Health Clinics
Local and County Officials
State Officials
School Teachers, Administrators, etc
Basically anyone, any organization, company, etc that is receiving government dollars should be drug tested. If it's good for the poor then let's apply the standard to everyone. Yes, some employers do drug testing but there are many who do not. It's my tax dollars.....I pay them so then I want everyone tested.
Pell Grant Recepients
Small Business that receive SBA grants or any tax credits
Large Corporations that receive tax credits
Child Tax Credit recepients
Banks who received bailout dollars
Auto Companies who received bailout dollars
Organizations receiving government funds
Faith Based Groups
Politicans
Government Health Clinics
Local and County Officials
State Officials
School Teachers, Administrators, etc
Basically anyone, any organization, company, etc that is receiving government dollars should be drug tested. If it's good for the poor then let's apply the standard to everyone. Yes, some employers do drug testing but there are many who do not. It's my tax dollars.....I pay them so then I want everyone tested.
mythoughts posted at Saturday, February 6th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
Well the reason there is so many people welfare is because they don't have to be drug tested.
They can't go get a job because they WOULD or COULD be drug tested.
Stop handing out money to the people who can't pass an test for Illegal drugs.
That people on any type of government check even disability.
I know of life long drug users who have messed up their brain and body,
then go get disability and still do illegal drugs.
The whole government needs revamped when it comes to these government checks that go out every month.
DRUG TEST....... and help the economy by actually making people PAY for their crimes.
They can't go get a job because they WOULD or COULD be drug tested.
Stop handing out money to the people who can't pass an test for Illegal drugs.
That people on any type of government check even disability.
I know of life long drug users who have messed up their brain and body,
then go get disability and still do illegal drugs.
The whole government needs revamped when it comes to these government checks that go out every month.
DRUG TEST....... and help the economy by actually making people PAY for their crimes.
chilly1 posted at Saturday, February 6th, 2010 at 6:31 pm
I wonder why the chief didn't let the arresting officer make the comments about the arrest. I was in law enforcement many years and the chief of police of leadington, missouri, is an insult to law enforcement officers everywhere. I know the city needs the income generated by his arrest, however he should get his legal problems settled. I wonder if the case will be transferred again from ironton. yep, he's a hot dog.
ihateamerenue posted at Saturday, February 6th, 2010 at 10:04 am
Well Mark Drake Jr. got 30 months in federal prison for his "trafficing" pott. Lets see how much time these junkies get. Keep your eyes on this case. And totb and eornut, you are either old cranky people, or just extremely biased. There were several times in the late 70's and early 80's when work for my parents was extremely hard to find. I can remember my parents buying groceries with food stamps. Was it embarrassing, yes. Was it due to my parents not trying to get a job, no. Food stamps DOES NOT = drug user. But, biased redneck DOES = idiot. Get my point?
knoblickian posted at Saturday, February 6th, 2010 at 8:06 am
The increase in heroin problems in this area is a direct result of meth busts and less access to the ingredients. Now we need to concentrate on this problem also. We'll never get rid of it, but need to make it harder to sell and the consequences stiffer. As far as the welfare comment (totb), I agree, but heroin has been an issue for a longer time than welfare. They both eat away at the fabric of society, though when either one is abused.
LoveYourNeighbor posted at Friday, February 5th, 2010 at 6:31 pm
TOTB: Not sure where you got anything about welfare out of this article. I know of many "rich" people who have used and sold drugs who are doing time. Drugs affect all people.....poor, middle class and rich.
eornut posted at Friday, February 5th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
Tiredofthebull
you hit the nail right on the head here , I have been saying the same thing for yrs but nobody listens. No welfare is not a career and all it does is teach the next generation of how to be !! They are nothing but slackers and it makes me mad when the government wont stop this nonsense and make these people get up and get a job and start making a living like the rest of us !!
you hit the nail right on the head here , I have been saying the same thing for yrs but nobody listens. No welfare is not a career and all it does is teach the next generation of how to be !! They are nothing but slackers and it makes me mad when the government wont stop this nonsense and make these people get up and get a job and start making a living like the rest of us !!
tiredofthebull posted at Friday, February 5th, 2010 at 11:48 am
Geeee i wonder if this is because psuedoefederin is harder to get --- a direct result of the war on meth - heroin/meth give similar experiences and it's a natural transition ---
you can't take away the supplies, idiots who want to to do drugs are going to do them...
the problem lies in SOCIETY and our complete lack of morals, NOT in what proiducts are over the counter
FDR made welfare a long time ago to help get out of a depression---it was NEVER supposed to be permanant -- no welfare is a career for many people.
It's time to hold people accountable for their actions, their incomes, their jobs, and everything else... provide for yourself.... no more handouts...
want drugs? find a job that pays enough and allows it... dont' want to work? no free money for you...
you can't take away the supplies, idiots who want to to do drugs are going to do them...
the problem lies in SOCIETY and our complete lack of morals, NOT in what proiducts are over the counter
FDR made welfare a long time ago to help get out of a depression---it was NEVER supposed to be permanant -- no welfare is a career for many people.
It's time to hold people accountable for their actions, their incomes, their jobs, and everything else... provide for yourself.... no more handouts...
want drugs? find a job that pays enough and allows it... dont' want to work? no free money for you...
ihateamerenue posted at Friday, February 5th, 2010 at 10:58 am
Let's hope the courts throw the book at these junkies. They are scum bags that deserve NO slack. They spread their dope all around this area. Lock them up and throw away the key, then go find another junkie and do the same. These people are complete idiots, they should be really easy to spot.
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