An area man who was arrested by Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper for having multiple active warrants now faces several additional charges – including two felonies.
Jody E. Spanton, 37, of 1007 Highway 137 at Willow Springs, was arrested by a trooper at about 11:30 p.m. Feb. 28 at a house on Cedar Bluff Avenue in Cabool for having an active Wright County felony warrant and a Howell County misdemeanor warrant.
The trooper wrote in a report that occupants of the home where Spanton was arrested included his girlfriend, her two children and her mother.
The trooper stated that during his investigation, marijuana was found in a plastic bag inside one of Spanton’s socks, and a .22 -caliber rifle and a pill bottle containing more pot were found in his Dodge Caravan parked outside the house.
Spanton is reportedly already a convicted felon, so possession of the rifle is another felony.
The trooper issued Spanton citations for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, and on May 7 he was charged by Texas County Prosecuting Attorney Parke Stevens Jr. with felonies of stealing a firearm and unlawful possession of a firearm, and two counts of misdemeanor second-degree endangering the welfare of a child. He was taken to the Texas County Jail and is held on $100,000 bond.