Missouri state legislative candidate accused of trying to plant cocaine on opponent
Republican candidate Thomas Ross and former campaign manager allegedly devised plan to stash drugs in rival Louise Secker’s purse or vehicle
TL;DR
- Republican candidate Thomas Ross arrested for allegedly attempting to frame opponent Louise Secker.
- Prosecutors accuse Ross of providing cocaine and Adderall to a former campaign manager to plant in Secker's purse or vehicle.
- Ross allegedly communicated with the former manager via text, using "substance" as a euphemism for drugs.
- The FBI was alerted to the alleged scheme and recorded a conversation between Ross and the former manager.
- Ross faces charges for conspiring to distribute a controlled substance.
- Ross narrowly defeated Secker in the Republican primary for House District 161.
- The Missouri Republican party chair urged Ross to withdraw from the race.