‘Mayor’ of KC homeless camp indicted for distributing meth near school property

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 62-year-old Kansas City man living in a homeless came near a public school was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury for possessing methamphetamine to distribute near school property and for illegally possessing a firearm.

Ricky Lee Myers, also known as "The Mayor," was charged in a three-count indictment that alleges he possessed methamphetamine with the intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school back in October.

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The indictment also charges Myers with one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and with one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime.

According to an affidavit filed in support of the original criminal complaint, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Myers's residence, a small one-room structure built in the middle of a homeless camp on a dirt road extending from East 23rd Street, roughly between Vine Street and Highland Avenue on Oct. 23.

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Agents found a fanny pack, which contained a bag with approximately 60 grams of methamphetamine, inside a bag hanging on the wall next to the jacket.