From The Benton County MO Sheriff's Office:
In the
pre-dawn hours of Saturday November 9th, the Benton County Sheriff’s Office,
Mid Missouri Drug Task Force and special response teams from Pettis County and
Bates County Sheriff’s Office served a no-knock search warrant on a property
located on Crawford Avenue, a rural Lincoln Missouri address. More than 25 law
enforcement officers breached three structures and two travel trailers
simultaneously. Seven adults and three children were found in various areas of
our search with one female resisting arrest. She was taken into custody with
minor injuries.
This search
warrant represents many months of investigation and hundreds of man hours which
were rewarded with over a pound of methamphetamine, stolen firearms, 24 seized
vehicles which included mostly motorcycles, poached white tail buck heads cut
from the bodies of the animals and other illegal items.
Donald
Schofield, Melinda Turner, Jacob Knapp, Kenneth Turner, Holly Boyer, and
Kenneth Boyer Sr were all arrested and charged with drug and firearms offenses.
Bonds ranged from $50,000 to $250,000. More charges for the stolen weapons and
vehicles as well as child endangerment will be forthcoming as the investigation
continues and the evidence is sorted and assigned to the appropriate suspects.
