From:              Hannibal Police Department

Date:                June 27, 2014

Phone:             573-221-0987

Fax:                 573-221-3966

Contact:           Lt. John Zerbonia

 

On Thursday evening (June 26th), an officer of the Hannibal Police Department stopped a vehicle on Quincy St for improper registration and running a stop sign. After the driver, 48 year old Burt D. Whitlock of Hannibal, consented to a search of his vehicle, the officer located several items consistent with the manufacturing of methamphetamine, prescription medication and an open bottle of liquor. Whitlock was arrested and charged with Manufacturing a Controlled Substance, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Driving While Intoxicated and Driving While Suspended. Whitlock was placed on a 24 hour hold at the Marion County Jail pending warrants.