Pettis County Sheriff deputies with air support from the Missouri Army National Guard’s Reconnaissance and Interdiction Detachment discovered a large cultivated marijuana operation Friday and arrested a rural Sedalia man.
Earl D. Paxton Jr., 46, was charged with production of marijuana, a class A felony. Paxton was being held in lieu of $100,000 bond. Other charges were pending.
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