3 PLEAD GUILTY TO METH POSSESSION

Two Dunklin County residents and one man from Butler County pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine, the U.S. attorney's office reported.

None of the three individuals' crimes were related, said Abbie Crites-Leoni, special assistant U.S. attorney.

Forty-year-old Landel Wadley of Dunklin County told the court that he had sold 6.8 grams of meth to an undercover officer last October. A search warrant was later used to discover items for a meth lab at Wadley's residence in Senath, Mo.

Keshia Phelps, 21, of Dunklin County admitted to selling 5.8 grams of meth to an undercover officer last September near Cardwell, Mo.

Gene E. Beckham, 38, of Butler County pleaded guilty to possession of more than 50 grams of meth, which was found last May during a traffic stop by a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper near Williamsville, Mo.