Court records filed in Douglas County Circuit Court outlined formal charges, court supervision conditions, and an upcoming arraignment stemming from a weeks-long narcotics investigation that led to the execution of a search warrant at the residence of Roger E. Wall near Vera Cruz earlier this month.
A Douglas County grand jury returned an indictment charging Wall with one count of possession of a controlled substance, a class D felony, and multiple counts of unlawful use of a weapon, class E felonies, alleging possession of firearms while also possessing methamphetamine. The offenses were alleged to have occurred on or about Feb. 3, 2026, in Douglas County.
According to court filings dated Feb. 20, a criminal summons was issued for Wall, and an arraignment was scheduled for 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 18, in Douglas County Circuit Court. The case was assigned to Judge R. Craig Carter, with the hearing set to take place in Ava.
An order filed by Associate Circuit Judge Elizabeth A. Bock authorized CPS supervision with a monitoring patch and imposed conditions including no illegal drugs or mood-altering substances and no firearms while the case is pending.
The charges stemmed from a search warrant executed around 6 a.m. Feb. 3 by the Douglas County/Ava Multijurisdictional Task Force and the COMET Drug Task Force. As previously reported, authorities said investigators seized methamphetamine and several firearms during the search. Missouri law prohibits the possession of firearms while also possessing illegal narcotics.
Investigators also recovered an item during the search that had previously been used as evidence in a Coroner’s Inquest and had been purchased with county taxpayer funds. Sheriff Chris Degase said at the time that the statute of limitations may prevent prosecution related to possession of that item, but that it would be returned to Douglas County as its rightful owner.
All charges are allegations, and defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.
