Friday, January 25, 2013
Pseudoephedrine products still will be available in Fenton without a prescription, following the failure of a prescription-only plan to gain enough votes
A bill to require a doctor's prescription to purchase pseudoephedrine from Fenton pharmacies received more "yes" votes than "no" votes Thursday night, but it still will not become the law of the city. The prescription-only bill apparently had been approved on a 4-2 vote. But the victory for proponents of the bill was short-lived. The reason? Even though the proposed law received a majority of aldermanic votes at Thursday's meeting, it did not achieve a majority of the full board, which is constituted to have eight members. One aldermanic seat is vacant after Alderman Jerry Sorge, Ward 2, moved from the city last fall. And, Alderman Gary Fischer, Ward 4, was absent Thurday. So, with four votes to approve the prescription-only bill, it did …
Thursday, January 3, 2013
After a handgun clicked, the man told his neighbor, "The next one is going in your head," St. Louis County Police reported.
A Valley Park man shot at his neighbor Saturday after the neighbor said he did not want the man at his wedding, St. Louis County Police said. Casey McBride, 23, of the 600 block of Leonard Drive in Valley Park, was charged Sunday with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. The neighbor told St. Louis County Police that McBride was a family friend who had been at his house all day. While there, McBride finished a bottle of R&R whiskey and continued drinking beer. Later that evening, the neighbor said McBride told him about some active warrants for his arrest. The neighbor responded that he did not want McBride at his wedding, and the two men began arguing heatedly. McBride left and came back with a handgun at about 5:25 p.m, …
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Police found methamphetamine on a room occupant at the South County Holiday Inn after a smoke alarm was triggered in the room, then find the same renter at a meth lab at the Super 8 in Fenton.
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Saturday, December 15, 2012
A South County man who set off smoke alarms in a hotel Sunday while attempting to make methamphetamine was arrested the next day for trying to make meth in Fenton motel room, police said. Stephen L. Langendorf, 19, of the 5700 block of Wieland Drive in South County, was charged Tuesday with two counts of possessing a meth precursor with intent to manfacture methamphetamine. St. Louis County Police said a smoke alarm was triggered Sunday at the Holiday Inn at 4234 Butler Hill Drive in Langendorf’s room. Police found meth ingredients and emptied pseudoephedrine blister packs in the room and found meth on one of the room’s occupants. The next day, police responded to a meth lab reported in the Super 8 Motel in Fenton, 650 South Highway Drive…
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Zephrex-D, a new decongestant touted to fight meth labs, is now available at Walgreens. It's coming to two more major St. Louis area pharmacies in coming weeks.
As previously reported by Patch, Zephrex D was expected to be available in St. Louis area pharmacies in November. It is now rolling out in Walgreens stores and available at select Walgreens at this time. Zephrex-D is manufactured by Maryland Heights based Highland Pharmaceuticals. Westport Pharmaceuticals is a subsidiary of Highland. Paul Hemings, with Westport Pharmaceuticals, tells Patch, that in addition to Walgreens, Zephrex-D will be in two more major pharmacies in the St. Louis areas in the next week or two. Hemings is holding off on making the two additional pharmacies public citing privacy agreements with the companies. Overall, Zephrex-D is only being sold in the St. Louis market, including St. Louis, St. Charles and Jefferson…
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
The new decongestant Zephrex-D should be in St. Louis pharmacies this year. It's gaining support from drug task force agents because it can't be converted into meth. Here's how it works.
A new decongestant set to hit St. Louis area pharmacies in November is gaining support from drug agents in the fight against methamphetamine. (Read Previous Story: Zephrex-D: Meth-Busting Decongestant in St. Louis Pharmacies This Year) As previously reportedly by Patch, authorities say meth makers purchase popular allergy medications and extract the pseudoephedrine from them. "You can take a pseudoephedrine pill and the first thing you do is try and extract as much pure pseudoephedrine as possible and step two, you convert that pure pseudoephedrine into methamphetamine," Paul Hemings, with Highland Pharmaceuticals, tells Patch. In November, Highland Pharmaceuticials is unveiling a new decongestant, Zephrex-D, that Hemings said prevents …
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Police said the men intended to sell the precursor drug to a meth cook.
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Two men face criminal charges after police found pseudoephedrine in their car during a traffic stop last December. Matthew Lohman, 23, of the 4500 block of Schumacher Road in High Ridge, and Shawn Cramer, 22, of House Springs, MO, both were charged last week with possessing a methamphetamine precursor drug with intent to make meth. St. Louis County Police said that following a traffic stop Dec. 3 on Hawkins Road near San Luis Rey Parkway, they found several boxes of Wal-Phed, which contained pseudoephedrine. According to the police report, Lohman and Cramer said they bought the cold medication so they could re-sell it to a meth cook. Bond for Lohman was set at $5,000. Bond for Cramer was set at $7,500. For more crime information on Fenton-…
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Police said the man intended to sell cold medication to meth cook.
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Sunday, August 26, 2012
A man faces criminal charges for buying cold medicine with pseudoephedrine intending to sell it to a methamphetamine cook. Joseph D. Weatherby, 19, of Pacific, was charged Aug. 7 with possessing a precursor drug with intent to make meth. St. Louis County Police said Weatherby had the pseudoephedrine in his car Feb. 16 at Walgreens, 1001 Bowles Ave., in Fenton. According to the police report, Weatherby told police he intended to sell the drug knowing it would be used to make meth. Bond was set at $5,000. For more crime information on Fenton-High Ridge Patch, see the following articles:
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Multiple local, and federal law enforcement agencies participate in arrests of individuals from Franklin and Jefferson counties.
Twenty-one individuals from Franklin and Jefferson counties were arrested Wednesday on charges that they were part of a methamphetamine manufacturing and distributing network operating from 2009 to 2011, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office in St. Louis The charges are part of an indictment that was returned on May 16 but remained sealed until Wednesday afternoon. Multiple law enforcement agencies participated in the arrests, including the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Franklin County Narcotics Enforcement Unit and the Kirkwood and Pacific City Police Departments. "The arrest of these individuals signals our agency’s continuing commitment to eliminate the manufacture and distribution of methamphetamine, a …
Tom Davis
10:32 am on Friday, February 8, 2013
Zephrex-D has not been granted exception status by the DEA. Until then, it's just another box sitting behind the counter. Again, people, Zephrex-D is NO DIFFERENT (legally speaking) than Sudafed, Claritin-D, etc. Quit spreading the lies that it is the answer. It is not. more ›