In
Arizona - Police investigating a
young woman’s alleged Meth transportation activities found related drug
paraphernalia in a four-year-old girl’s backpack. The child was turned
over to Child Protective Services.
In
Illinois – Officers investigating a domestic abuse complaint found the
materials to make Meth in a 35-year-old man’s home. His two young
children were allegedly exposed to the process and the fumes.
In California – Four adults were arrested on
various drug charges after officers served a search warrant at a mobile
home park. Police found about 97-grams of Meth in the home, along with
other drugs and nunchucks – considered a deadly weapon. Four teens were
also found in the home. Two were placed in protective custody; the other
two were released to their parents, who were not involved in the drug
bust.
In
California - A woman faces a retrial on charges of killing her infant son
with Methamphetamine-laced breast milk. The 34-year-old woman is accused
of murdering her three-month-old son in January 2002. She was convicted of
second-degree murder in 2003, but an appeals court overturned the
conviction, citing flawed jury instructions from the trial judge.
In
Texas - A tip led deputies to a house where they found and arrested a
27-year-old man wanted for an outstanding felony drug warrant. He now
faces new drug charges after deputies found a Meth lab inside the house.
Three children found in the home were turned over to Children's Protective
Services.
In
Wisconsin – The parents of a 23-year-old man called police when they found
an unknown liquid substance and a number of chemicals in his apartment.
Officers also found more chemicals and equipment consistent with a Meth
lab. The suspect lived in the apartment with his five-year-old son.
In
Minnesota - A 24-year-old man faces three first-degree drug charges for
allegedly selling 43 grams of Meth. Authorities say he used a 16-year-old
as a go-between for Meth deals because he thought the police were watching
him.
In
Indiana – A 37-year-old man charged with killing a 38-year-old woman and
her two daughters, ages 13 and 9, said he was high on Meth when he
committed the murders and only remembered killing two of the victims.
In
California - A 5-year-old found weaving his bicycle through heavy traffic
led police to a local drug den. Cars were swerving to avoid the
kindergartner, who was alone and happily playing. A police officer pulled
the boy out of the road and took him to his home so that he could talk
with the child’s parents. While the officer spoke with the little boy's
grandmother out front, the child's father panicked and bolted out of a
back window. He was running from was a Meth lab inside the home. Police
arrested the father along with the boy's grandmother and another man found
in the house. The 5-year-old was also taken into protective custody by
social workers.
In Pennsylvania –
Two children were found in the home of a 34-year-old man believed to be a
major local Meth supplier. When police executed a raid at the mobile
home, they found about $5,000 worth of Meth and more cooking up, drug
paraphernalia and a handgun.
In
Missouri - A woman received a sentence of five years probation for a 2004
house fire sparked by a Meth lab. The fire severely burned one person.
The suspect was charged with eight counts of possession and manufacturing
a controlled substance and three counts of endangering the welfare of a
child. She had been out on bond for other Meth charges at the time of the
fire. |
