Sedalia police officer Lynnette Overstreet on Friday told the Pettis County Pachyderm Club about her experience working undercover for eight months as part of a sting operation that led to 28 arrests of suspected local drug dealers.
Working under the alias “Erin,” Overstreet purchased a variety of narcotics from each of the suspects on multiple occasions over the course of the investigation, which concluded with a one-day warrant sweep netting nearly 30 arrests last December.
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