Mannering sentenced and trial pending

Moniteau County Sheriff Tony Wheatley reported that Matthew R. Mannering appeared in Morgan County Circuit Court on probation violation charges, which resulted from his arrest April 7 in Moniteau County, near Latham, on multiple drug charges.

Mannering, who was on probation from Morgan County at the time of his arrest, appeared in that county court. He was sentenced to three years in prison for the probation violations.

He is awaiting trial in Moniteau County on several pending drug-related charges from the same incident.