Children & Meth
January 2006

In California – A mother and three of her children - the youngest was a month old, the other two were toddlers – were discovered in a home with a Meth lab and crystal Meth. All four had to go through a decontamination process that police set up in a tent in the driveway of the house next door.  The children were placed in protective custody after they were decontaminated.

In Arizona - Police found four children, ages 16 months to 17 years, when they busted a home Meth operation.   Two women were arrested.

In Indiana – Three children, ages 7, 6 and 19-months, were removed from a home after police found a Meth lab in their home – in a closet just off a child’s bedroom.  Three adults were arrested for Meth manufacturing. The house was next to the police station.

In California – Two children were in a home when police discovered a Meth lab in the garage.  Two adults were arrested.
 
In Tennessee - A two-year-old and a five-year-old were put into state protective custody after they were found in a home Meth lab.  Their 24-year-old mother and her 26-year-old boyfriend were arrested.

In Arizona - Four middle school students were hospitalized after ingesting Meth in school.  A 19-year old was arrested in connection to the case.

In Texas - A two-year-old child found in a home with a Meth lab in a closet was turned over to Child Protection Services.  The mother and father were arrested. Officers serving a warrant on the man were nearly overcome with the chemical smells when they opened the door to the home.

In Oregon - A 25-year-old woman was charged for allegedly forcing Meth and sex on a preteen girl over a five-year period.  The victim said the suspect’s two toddler daughters were present during some of the episodes.

In Minnesota - A sick, filthy and possibly jaundiced 11-month-old baby was taken from his mother and placed in the care of child protective services, after authorities found a trace of Meth in his body.  An informant reported that the child’s 19-year-old mother and the boy's father had been fighting over a bag of Meth in front of the child.   Officers on the scene of the arrest found the child in filthy conditions.  A deputy who started to change the boy’s diaper discovered a glass baby bottle with what appeared to be Meth residue, tubing and small plastic bags in the box of disposable diapers.

In Kentucky – Three children escaped injury in a Meth lab explosion that killed their 39-year-old father.

In Maine - A three-year-old girl was placed in protective custody after police raided a Meth lab based in an apartment.  A 25-year-old man and 21-year-old woman were arrested.  The child was believed to be the woman’s daughter.