Saltpork545 t1_isll2df wrote on October 16, 2022 at 10:01 PM

Reply to comment by Snekathan in Anybody know anything about the gunshots on the North side of town around 1am this morning? by MrHChase

It's not really even the crackheads. They would sell guns to buy more drugs.

It's the dealers and the groups that control drugs. Us being on I44 means that we are an easy drop off drug market between bigger areas.

Like it or not, Springfield is a small city and it's starting to have the problems that cities, even small ones, start to have. Theft rings, drug trade, etc.

Snekathan t1_isohwoq wrote on October 17, 2022 at 2:51 PM

Yeah Springfield has definitely been like this for many years, lived here my whole life. Its not “starting” to have those problems lol it’s been this way, It’s just getting worse as gangs move here from KC

Saltpork545 t1_isq0ekc wrote on October 17, 2022 at 9:01 PM

I moved here in 2005. It's a bigger issue than it was when I moved here 17 years ago.

You will always have the meth heads and weed dealers. Organized crime is a little different. Seeing MS13 tags or Hells Angels/Galloping Goose or the Joplin Honkies doing stuff in Springfield is more common and yeah, a lot of it is coming from KC.

As Springfield grows, this issue will grow with it. Just like the cat convertor theft ring of the last 2 years. That's my point.

kirknay t1_ismnv6y wrote on October 17, 2022 at 2:56 AM

You mean we didn't before? I remember in 05-09 my school bus route having to shift once or twice due to a meth lab explosion.