Man charged after reportedly sneaking marijuana into jail, possessing meth pipe

David Bradberry II, 30, of Tecumseh, is being held in the Ozark County Jail in connection with two recently filed cases in which he’s charged in two separate cases with possession of methamphetamine and possession of a controlled substance at a county jail. 

The allegations in the most recent incident involve a May 3 incarceration in the Ozark County Jail when Bradberry is alleged to have snuck marijuana into the jail, as well other items. 

According to the probable cause statement, prepared by Ozark County Sheriff’s Deputy Gannon Moss, at 3:24 p.m. that day he was working uniformed patrol in Ozark County when the OCSD dispatcher contacted him to say an inmate in the jail had been found in possession of a suspected controlled substance. 

“David Bradberry was in the Ozark County Jail in the holding cell when he was caught by our jailer hiding marijuana underneath his mat. Upon inspecting the holding cell, where he was housed by himself, I saw a small pile of what appeared to be marijuana underneath his sleeping mat. When asked about it, David denied knowing anything about it,” the statement says. “Despite his many denials of it being his, the marijuana discovered in the holding cell was not there prior to David being booked in and placed inside holding.”

He was pulled out of the cell and strip searched again, the report said. He reportedly refused to comply with commands intended to determine if anything was hidden inside his body. 

“David was placed back into the holding cell. Later that same day, more contraband in the form of three wires, a needle and black electrical tape was found inside of his mat. I believe these to be the same items that he was attempting to conceal from us during his strip search mentioned above. These items were removed from the cell and placed into evidence along with the weed.”

According to the probable cause statement filed in the second case by former Ozark County Sheriff’s Deputy John Russo, he had received a report of a suspicious person at Gainesville Health Care Center on March 4, 2023. Russo determined it was Bradberry who was present at the nursing home. 

During a search of Bradberry’s car, a silver 2010 Ford SUV, he discovered a glass methamphetamine pipe that field-tested positive for meth. After being advised of his Miranda right, Bradberry reportedly told the officer that he would find his DNA on the pipe.