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Independence man sentenced on meth conviction Jeff Lehr The Joplin Globe NEVADA, Mo. –  A Vernon County judge has sentenced an Independence man to some shock time in prison on convictions for dealing meth from a motel room in Nevada while in possession of a firearm. Joshua T. Stoneking, 36, pleaded guilty June 15 in Vernon County Circuit Court to counts of delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of a firearm in a plea deal dismissing a related count of second-degree trafficking in drugs. Judge David Munton accepted the plea bargain and assessed the defendant the agreed-...