Seven Stone County residents have been arrested on various drug related charges, in what the sheriff is calling a Warrant Round-Up. Sheriff Richard Hill said the warrants stemmed from 15 different cases over a 2-and-a-half year investigation, involving his office and the COMET Drug Task Force.

 

Arrested were 45 year old Paul Howard of Crane, 39 year old Pamela Hackathorn of Reeds Spring, 45 year old Kimberly Brown-Leach of Hurley, 39 year old Deanna Fisher of Galena, 33 year old Justin Stanton of Crane, 24 year old Lisa Gee of Crane, and 35 year old Jeffery Cypret also of Crane.

 

The sheriff says five other individuals with outstanding drug related warrants are still on the loose.  They include 43 year old Michael Militzer of Branson, 42 year old James Barrett of Forsyth, and 37 year old Michael Sikorski of Lampe.  Two others are from Bolivar and Joplin.