On Thursday, January 14, 2021 the Adair County Sheriffs Office arrested 58-year-old Joseph Turner of Columbia. Turner was arrested after K-9 Deputy Josh Durbin initiated a traffic stop on a 1999 Dodge truck at 5:02amCT in the Coburg community, 10 miles north of Columbia. Following a search of the vehicle, methamphetamine, marijuana, and drug paraphernalia was located. Turner was lodged in the Adair County Regional Jail on charges of Possession of a Controlled Substance 1st degree (Methamphetamine), Possession of Marijuana, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
The case remains under investigation by the Adair County Sheriffs Office.