Joplin man bound over for trial on meth trafficking charge

Dylan Dwight Dodge (DOB 1987) waived his preliminary hearing today in Jasper County Circuit Court and was bound over for trial on a meth trafficking charge.

Dodge will be arraigned 9 a.m. December 11 in Division One.

The allegations against Dodge are detailed in the probable cause statement:

On July 31, 2023, Ozark Drug Enforcement Team Detectives and Joplin Patrol Officers stopped two pickup trucks after they left a residence in the City of Joplin, Jasper County owned and occupied by Dylan Dodge. 

Both trucks were determined to be stolen, methamphetamine was discovered inside the trucks and a gun was found in one of the trucks. 

A search warrant was obtained for the residence of Dylan Dodge and when Detectives and Joplin Police Officers served the warrant approximately 150 grams of methamphetamine, a loaded Taurus G3C .40 caliber handgun and documents were all found together in a backpack claimed by Dodge. A cell phone was also seized from Dodge. 

Upon review of the contents of the cell phone and documents evidence of Dodge storing and distributing methamphetamine was discovered. Under Miranda Dodge admitted to selling methamphetamine.