Canton Man Charged With Distributing Drugs Near School

LEWIS COUNTY – According to court documents, on Wednesday, June 3, 2015, the Lewis County Prosecutor’s Office filed a Class A felony charge of distributing a controlled substance near a school against Keith Allen Murphy, Jr., 27, of Canton, Missouri, and a warrant was issued for his arrest.

Murphy was taken into custody the following day by the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

Murphy is being held in the Lewis County Jail on a $100,000 cash only bond. He is scheduled to appear before Associate Circuit Judge Fred L. Westhoff on Tuesday, June 16, 2015.

He presumed innocent until proven guilty.

More information will be released when it becomes available.

Posted at 11:50 a.m., Tuesday, June 9, 2015

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