Jacob Morris, 25, of Arnold has been sentenced to 10 years in prison following felony charges for manufacturing methamphetamine and endangering the welfare of a child, as well as a probation violation, court records indicate.
In April 2015, Morris was found with items commonly used to make meth, and those items were stored in his bedroom where a child also lived, the probable-cause statement said.
Morris told police he had been manufacturing meth for a few years, and he would go into the woods near his residence to cook the product, using the “shake and bake” method, the report said.
In March 2017, Morris pleaded guilty to one charge of manufacturing meth, a class A felony, and to one charge of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child involving drugs, a class C felony, and in May 2017, Jefferson County Div. 4 Circuit Judge Mark T. Stoll sentenced him to 10 years for each of the charges, to be served concurrently, or at the same time. However, Stoll suspended the execution of the sentence and placed Morris on five years’ probation, court records said.
Morris violated the probation, though, and on July 26, Stoll executed the two terms, which will be served concurrently. Morris could be released early, however, if he completes a 120-day treatment program, court papers said.
Jefferson County assistant prosecuting attorney Trisha C. Stefanski handled the case.
Morris currently is in the Eastern Reception and Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre.