Charges filed in meth-by-mail case

Charges and an arrest warrant have been filed against the man who was set to receive a pound of methamphetamine through the mail Jan. 22 in Perryville, Missouri.

Richard Frank Militzer, 48, of Perryville has been charged with felony intent to distribute a controlled substance, three counts of felony possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor possession of marijuana.

Militzer was still at large Thursday.

A federal drug-enforcement agent contacted Perryville police about a parcel containing a pound of methamphetamine seized with a search warrant by a U.S. Postal Inspectors officer headed to 114 Edwards St. in Perryville on Jan. 21, according to a probable-cause report by Perryville police Lt. Jon Lanier.

At 2 p.m. Jan. 22, officers executed a search warrant at 114 Edwards St., which is Militzer’s residence, the report stated.

Officers found Valium, Adderall, Xanax and partially smoked marijuana, the report stated.

Militzer told officers he knew methamphetamine was arriving in the package, the report stated.

Militzer’s bond is set at $15,000 cash or surety.

Militzer cooperated with officers in the arrest of Jeffrey Alan Bay, 55, of Bonne Terre, Missouri, who had planned to meet Militzer and receive the methamphetamine, according to a probable-cause statement by the Perry County Sheriff’s Department.

Perry County Sheriff Gary Schaaf said there could be federal charges in the case.

Pertinent address:

114 Edwards St., Perryville, Mo.