Five from southwest Missouri indicted on meth charges

Five southwest Missouri residents were indicted last month on federal meth distribution charges, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri.

The suspects were charged Dec. 9 in three separate but related cases, according to federal prosecutors.

In the first case, Marklee Bogart, 35, of Nevada, and Danny Crawford, 35, of El Dorado Springs were charged with conspiracy to distribute at least 50 grams of meth, possessing meth with intent to distribute and illegal possession of firearms in furtherance of those drug-trafficking crimes, the release says.

Bogart and Crawford allegedly participated in a meth distribution conspiracy in Vernon County between April 2014 and January 2015.

Bogart allegedly had nine rifles, six shotguns and seven handguns. Crawford, a convicted felon, allegedly possessed a .22-caliber rife.

The release says law enforcement seized more than $50,000 from Bogart that was allegedly derived from meth sales.

In the second case, Donald Grissom, 60, of Milo, and Margaret West, 60, of Rockville, were charged with conspiracy to distribute at least 50 grams of meth and possessing meth with the intent to distribute, according to the release.

Grissom and West allegedly participated in a meth distribution conspiracy in Bates County between August 2014 to December 2014.

West is also charged with being a felon in possession of firearms. She allegedly had a handgun, a shotgun and a rifle.

The release says law enforcement seized more than $10,000 from West that was allegedly derived from meth sales.

In the third case, James Pryor, 34, of Nevada, is charged with possessing at least 5 grams of meth with the intent to distribute in Vernon County in December 2014, according to the release.

Pryor is also accused of possessing a handgun in furtherance of the drug-trafficking crime.