MAPP-SD, a project of Prairie View Prevention Services, Inc., is a comprehensive Methamphetamine awareness and prevention project. 
MAPP-SD is dedicated to:
u   Increase awareness of Meth and the problems associated with its use, manufacture and distribution;
u Provide, at no cost, professional Meth awareness and prevention education to groups and organizations on a community, regional and statewide level;
u Be a no-cost, ongoing resource for South Dakota citizens to deal with issues rising from the manufacture, use and distribution of Meth.

January 25-31 Snapshot

January 31
In Ohio - A Westerville couple was arrested after police targeted their home in the suburb's first Meth lab raid.  The 43-year-old man and 49-year-old woman are each charged with one felony count of drug manufacturing.  Some neighbors were evacuated while officers dismantled the lab in the home’s basement. 

In Colorado – Charges of Meth possession and distribution against a young woman have been dropped.  The 18-year-old had faced felony charges, but because she was 17 when the alleged sale occurred, the case was dismissed from court.  She may face charges in juvenile court.  She also faces possible deportation back to Mexico after a hearing in Immigration Court.  The woman was one of 15 people picked up in a major sweep in December after a six-month investigation.  The others face sentences ranging up to 32-years in prison for selling Meth.

In South Carolina - A 26-year-old man faces charges of making Meth after a small lab was found in a backpack.  People taking a walk found the backpack in some woods behind the suspect’s home.  It had all the materials needed to make Meth. 

In Texas – A flat tire led to a Meth lab bust.  A 44-year-old man was stranded at a Country Store when his van got a flat tire.  A Department of Public Safety trooper stopped to offer assistance and was "immediately overcome with a strong chemical odor inside the van," according to court documents.  The officer found the materials necessary to cook Meth inside the van and arrested the suspect.  

In Indiana - A 28-year-old Indianapolis man was sentenced to 151 months (12.5 years) in prison for possession and conspiracy to distribute Meth. The man, a Mexican citizen, pled guilty to the charges.  Police found 2-1/2 pounds of crystal Meth when they searched his residence last July.

In Arkansas - Sheriff’s detectives were confronted with a potentially explosive situation Saturday when they uncovered a red phosphorous Meth lab in Georgetown.
They believe the lab had been in operation for a long period of time.  It was the department’s third Meth bust in a week and the seventh this year.  A 28-year-old man was arrested on the site.  A fortified door and multiple exterior surveillance cameras posed additional risks to detectives.
 
January 30
In Manitoba, Canada – The local Crime Stoppers is offering double its usual reward for information on people producing or dealing Crystal Meth.  Rewards for information on Crystal Meth will be doubled for the month of February to a maximum of $2,000.

In Iowa – A resident of an apartment building noticed a strange odor from another apartment and called police.  When officers arrived, they found a suspect throwing Meth-making supplies into a dumpster. Police evacuated the building and arrested the suspect.

In California - A 32-year-old man pleaded guilty to the selling Meth.  He had sold 6.78 grams of the drug to an undercover officer in April.  He is free on bail while he waits to be sentenced in March.

January 28
In West Virginia – A 50-year-old man was arrested on charges of attempting to run a Meth lab.  A clan lab was discovered in his home.

In Minnesota - A sick, filthy and possibly jaundiced 11-month-old baby was taken from his mother earlier this month and placed in the care of child protective services, nearly nine months after authorities found a trace of Meth in his body.   Ramsey County child protection officials had been looking for the toddler and his 19-year-old mother since March, when county officials were awarded emergency custody of the baby boy after he tested positive for Meth.  An informant tipped off authorities to the young woman’s location and told investigators the child was sick.  The informant also reported that the woman 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.  The boy was taken to a children’s hospital and is now in protective custody.  His mother is charged with a variety of offenses, from child endangerment to possession of illegal substances.

In Kentucky – A 39-year-old Metcalfe County man died from injuries he received when a suspected Meth lab exploded in his home.    Authorities responding to an emergency call found a Meth lab in the home’s bathroom.  The man had been badly burned and his wife was treated for minor injuries, but  their three children were not injured.  

In New Mexico – The Albuquerque Journal is reporting that a million dollars worth of Meth that was being held as evidence for two upcoming court cases has been destroyed.  A District Judge said the Albuquerque Police Department was negligent in destroying the evidence, but department officials say they did nothing wrong.  A police captain said the department is the keeper of the evidence, and police officials aren't responsible for decisions on whether something is needed in court.

In Michigan - A 25-year-old man was arrested after police found evidence of an operating Meth lab in his home.  A neighbor called law enforcement after seeing suspicious activity.  Investigators found Meth components on the porch and other areas both outside and inside the home.

January 27
In Kentucky - Two men were arrested for allegedly running a fully functioning Meth lab out of a home.  A report of a suspicious odor led police to the home, where they found the two suspects in the process of cooking Meth.  The 39-year-old and 43-year-old face charges of making and trafficking the drug.

In Ohio – The Knox County Sheriff’s office raided an apparent Meth lab and arrested a 26-year-old man.  Investigators discovered a quantity of Meth, as well as the ingredients and equipment to cook more of the drug.  Two tanks of anhydrous ammonia were found, stored in pressurized containers.  The suspect is being held on third-degree felony charges.

In Pennsylvania - A 35-year-old man was arrested after drug investigators shut down an active suspected Meth lab in his home.  He faces several charges including delivery and possession of a controlled substance and possession of paraphernalia to manufacture Meth.  Investigators say this is the second bust in the West County in just a few weeks, and the eighth one in Northwest Pennsylvania so far this year.

January 26
In Maine -Two adults are in jail and a three-year-old girl is in protective custody after police raided a Meth lab based in an apartment.  Police and drug agents raided the second-story apartment and ordered the building evacuated after receiving a tip earlier in the day. A 25-year-old man and 21-year-old woman were arrested.  The child was believed to be the woman’s daughter.  

In Canada – A police officer from Newfoundland is warning drug users that they may be inadvertently taking Meth.   The RCMP Sergeant said illegal street drugs sold in the province, especially cocaine and Ecstasy, are now commonly laced with crystal Meth. According to the officer, "The drug manufacturers themselves are using crystal Meth in the manufacture of those drugs, to make the drugs cheaper and make them more addictive."

In Kentucky ­– The Grayson County Sheriff's Department arrested two people in connection with Meth manufacturing.  A 33-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman face various Meth-related charges after officers found ingredients and equipment to cook Meth in their vehicle and their home.

In Alabama – Some concerned neighbors were the catalyst for the discovery of a working Meth lab.  People living near what was thought to be an abandoned home noticed many strangers coming and going from the property.  When the Madison County Sheriff's Department Investigators were called in, they discovered a working Meth lab in both the home and the detached garage.  Whoever ran the lab went as far as finding a way to rig electricity into the home.

January 25
In Nevada - A traffic stop led Washoe County Sheriff's deputies to a motel and then to a house a Reno couple allegedly used to sell crystal Meth.  A 49-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman were pulled over about 3:55 A.M.  The man was arrested on a Texas fugitive warrant and the woman for a misdemeanor warrant.  After the arrests, deputies obtained and executed search warrants for a Reno motel and a house.  Deputies found 4 grams of crystal Meth at the motel and about an ounce at the house.  The house had surveillance cameras on the outside and deputies found Meth pipes and hypodermic needles inside.  Both the man and woman face various Meth-related charges.

In Arkansas - The Pulaski County Sheriff's Department says it has made the biggest Meth lab bust it has seen in over a year.  A man and a woman have been charged with the production and possession of Meth.  They were arrested after deputies, noticing a strong chemical smell, searched the home.  The huge lab was found underneath the house, accessed by a trap door in a bedroom closet. 

In Kentucky - Interstate smurfing hit a major roadblock.  The Pennyrile Narcotics Task Force, in cooperation with the Office of Drug Policy Control and the 19th Judicial Precinct in Tennessee coordinated efforts to clamp down on people traveling back and forth across state lines and shopping in different drug stores for pseudoephedrine.   The interstate law enforcement team previously arrested 12 people in Tennessee with Kentucky warrants for manufacturing Meth.  Now the task force planned to pick up seven or more from Kentucky, 13 total from Tennessee, and five that have warrants in both states.  The investigation began in June 2005. 

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