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April 5, 2019Maryville, MO |  By: John Coffey

Maryville woman arrested on drug felonies

(Photo courtesy of Nodaway County Sheriff's Office)

A Maryville Public Safety and the Nodaway County Sheriff's Department investigation resulted in the arrest of Maryville woman charged with two counts of Distribution of a Controlled Substance within a protected zone, both class-A felonies. According to a report from the Nodaway County Sheriff's office, law enforcement officers served a search warrant for illegal drugs on a residence at 509 East 3rd Street in Maryville. Over 40 grams of methamphetamine, scales, paraphernalia and cash were seized. Kristen Lee O'Neal was charged with the two felony counts. The residence, where O'Neil allegedly sold methamphetamine, was within two thousand feet of Eugene Field Elementary School, a protected zone.
The investigation was a cooperative effort between Maryville Public Safety and the Nodaway County Sheriff's office which conducted covert buys of meth from O'Neal. O'Neal is being held in the Nodaway County Jail on fifty thousand dollars bond.