Bourbon County attorney releases charges in meth bust

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Herald-Tribune

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Charges were officially filed Friday morning by the Bourbon County Attor-ney's Office resulting from a routine traffic stop which turned into a drug bust.

Ac-cording to the Bourbon County Attor-ney's Office, Thomas Lavon Coyan II, 30, of Fort Scott, has been charged with "unlawful acts; sale or distribution of opiates, opium, narcotic drugs or stimulants; possession of hallucinogenic drugs or other substances; simulated controlled substances and drug paraphernalia, use or possession prohibited; criminal possession of a firearm; no tax stamp; simulated controlled substances and drug paraphernalia, use or possession prohibited," court papers show.

According to the Bourbon County Attorney's Office, Jessica Dawn Wood, 28, of Fort Scott, has been charged with "unlawful acts; sale or distribution of opiates, opium, narcotic drugs or stimulants; simulated controlled substances and drug paraphernalia, use or possession prohibited; no tax stamp; possession of hallucinogenic drugs or other substances; simulated controlled substances and drug paraphernalia, use or possession prohibited," court papers show.

Coyan and Wood were arrested Jan. 28, when the 2003 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, driven by Coyan, was pulled over by Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Jeff Scott on 225th Street, just south of Native Road. With the assistance of a Linn County K-9 Unit, Scott said, it was discovered there was a possible controlled substance in the vehicle as well as an illegal firearm.

Scott said Coyan is also being charged with a parole violation, issued by the Missouri Department of Corrections.

Along with the KHP, other agencies participating in the investigation include the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Fort Scott Police Department, Bourbon County Sheriff's Office and the Linn County Sheriff's Office.

Both Coyan and Wood remain in custody at the Southeast Kansas Regional Correctional Center.

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There has to be a better way then sending them up to prison for years, as that does no one any good. It appears that they just adding anything that they could think of to increase the amount of time these two individuals are looking at. Using a judicial means to solve a social problems does nothing and costs us the tax payers more. I am sure there are some individuals out there that think that we should just execute meth heads, ask the Chinese how successful that has been. I especially like the tax stamp one so if you go ask to purchase a tax stamp for meth then you are guilty of possession, if you don't have one and they catch you with it then you are in violation of the tax laws. catch 22 our government at work.

-- Posted by endersgame on Tue, Feb 8, 2011, at 3:20 AM

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