A judge in Nodaway County has reduced the bond requirements for one of four suspects being held on charges stemming from a raid by the Maryville Department of Public Safety and the Buchanan County Drug Strike Force last week. (more here)
Online court documents show Associate Circuit Judge Doug Thomson, on his own motion, took up the bond modification. Judge Thomson allowed Jessica Chenault to be released on a signature bond. According to a news release, Chenault and three other suspects were arrested March 12 in Maryville, as part of an ongoing drug investigation. All four were ordered held under $35,000 bond.
The suspects are from Tennessee and Kentucky, and according to investigators have no apparent ties to the Maryville area.
Also charged were Bryce Morton, Bettina Russell-Baker, and Brandon Harper. Chenault was released Thursday on her own recognizance. The other three suspects remain behind bars under the original $35,000 bond. Each defendant is charged with one count of possession with intent to district a controlled substance.
All four suspects are scheduled to appear in court March 24.
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