House Springs Man Arrested on Drug Charges

(Washington County, MO) A man from House Springs, 49 year old Richard Charles Ide, is facing charges of manufacture of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance, and possession of methamphetamine precursors. The charges come after Washington County law enforcement authorities served a search warrant on a property in the Woodland Lakes subdivision January 26th. They found Ide in a camper with materials that field tested positive as fentanyl and methamphetamine. Other items associated with the manufacture of methamphetamine were also located in the camper with Ide. He was booked into the Washington County Jail on a $100,000 bond and is set to go to court for a bond reduction hearing February 7th.