Political candidate charged with trying to plant drugs on opponent

The GOP's primary election for Missouri's 161st District State Representative was decided by just 32 votes, with Thomas Ross defeating Louise Secker with Republican voters in Joplin last month. But Ross is now incarcerated after authorities say he tried to have cocaine planted on Secker before the vote. — Read the rest The post Political candidate charged with trying to plant drugs on opponent appeared first on Boing Boing.