Two face felony drug charges in Stoddard County

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — A Poplar Bluff, Missouri, man and Naylor, Missouri, woman face federal drug charges following an investigation in Stoddard County.

Milton Taylor Jr., 34, of Poplar Bluff and Liberty Lambert, 19, of Naylor are each charged with felony first-degree drug trafficking and misdemeanor possession of an imitation controlled substance, according to Stoddard County Sheriff Carl Hefner.

Hefner said in a news release issued Tuesday, May 14 the Stoddard County Sheriff’s deputies assigned to the Southeast Missouri Drug Task Force were conducting an undercover narcotics investigatio when they received information Taylor was on his way to sell Fentanyl in the Dexter, Missouri, area.

Liberty Lambert

Liberty Lambert

Deputies, along with Dexter Police officer Dylan Williams and Missouri State Highway Patrol, located Taylor near Harps Grocery store in Dexter. Taylor also had a passenger in the vehicle who was later identified as Lambert.

Deputies contacted the subjects in the parking lot which later revealed the subjects to be in possession of several items of drug paraphernalia and approximately 34 capsules, which contained suspected fentanyl, Hefner said.

The white powdery substance contained in the capsules were field-tested utilizing the TruNarc and produced positive results for the presence of fentanyl, a schedule II controlled substance.

Taylor and Lambert were both arrested and transported to the Stoddard County Jail where they are currently housed without bond.