Post by Logan on Mar 20, 2016 1:20:52 GMT -6
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. • Federal prosecutors say a man at the center of a large-scale southwest Missouri drug operation put more than $10 million into slot machines at an Oklahoma casino.
Patrick Brigaudin, 54, of Springfield, was arrested late last month along with three other men for conspiracy to distribute large amounts of drugs. According to court documents, agents found large quantities of methamphetamine heroin in his garage on Feb. 29.
In a government motion to keep Brigaudin in custody without bond until his trial, prosecutors said his arrest was the culmination of an investigation spanning nearly 21/2 years that resulted in authorities seizing more than 50 pounds of meth attributed to him, the Springfield News-Leader reported.
Court documents say investigators determined that Brigaudin was a "large-scale methamphetamine distributor" in southwest Missouri. He has access to "enormous sums of money" and recently had traveled outside the U.S., prosecutors said in the motion.
Read more: www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/feds-say-missouri-drug-suspect-spent-million-in-slot-machines/article_f3775c8d-9de1-5835-a475-e9806a58af7c.html
Patrick Brigaudin, 54, of Springfield, was arrested late last month along with three other men for conspiracy to distribute large amounts of drugs. According to court documents, agents found large quantities of methamphetamine heroin in his garage on Feb. 29.
In a government motion to keep Brigaudin in custody without bond until his trial, prosecutors said his arrest was the culmination of an investigation spanning nearly 21/2 years that resulted in authorities seizing more than 50 pounds of meth attributed to him, the Springfield News-Leader reported.
Court documents say investigators determined that Brigaudin was a "large-scale methamphetamine distributor" in southwest Missouri. He has access to "enormous sums of money" and recently had traveled outside the U.S., prosecutors said in the motion.
Read more: www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/feds-say-missouri-drug-suspect-spent-million-in-slot-machines/article_f3775c8d-9de1-5835-a475-e9806a58af7c.html