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Methamphetamine Awareness and Prevention Project of South Dakota

METH Awareness And Prevention Project of South Dakota

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March 21, 2007

In South Dakota A 41-year-old Rapid City woman convicted of multiple burglaries that the prosecutor says were Meth related was sentenced to 15-years in prison. She will serve the prison time concurrent with a sentence in another county for similar charges. She was charged with four counts of burglary and four counts of grand theft in November 2006 after officers found stolen property at her home. In a letter to the court, the defendant said that she is grateful for her incarceration because it led to her sobriety, and apologized to the victims. Her codefendant will be in court in July.

In Pennsylvania The former middle school principal charged with selling Meth from his office waived his right to a preliminary hearing. The 50-year-old is accused of selling crystal Meth to a police informant. Police and federal drug agents arrested him in his office on February 27th.

In Nevada A 25-year-old man who reportedly started using drugs when he was a child was sentenced to prison for selling Meth. He admitted that he sold narcotics in the area for about a year. He received a 12- to 36-months sentence and a $2,000 fine. His defense attorney said the defendant began using drugs when he was 9-years-old and Meth after he turned 12. His wife is pregnant and he has a 3-year-old daughter. His 24-year-old wife was arrested on suspicion of manufacturing a controlled substance.

In Texas State troopers arrested four people in connection to three mobile Meth labs discovered inside a house. The homeowner, a 23-year-old woman, gave lawmen permission to search the house after she was pulled over in a routine traffic stop. The trooper stopped her car after he saw someone toss a cigarette butt out the window. The driver and her passenger, another 23-year-old woman, appeared nervous, and both gave troopers permission to search the vehicle. Officers allegedly found Meth and paraphernalia on a passenger and a plastic bag filled with coffee filters stained with red phosphorus in the trunk. Troopers found a Meth lab in the same vehicle a week earlier, so they knew this one was fresh. The driver gave troopers permission to search her house. They found backpacks full of Meth lab components in a bedroom. They also discovered duffle bags in the living room and kitchen cabinets that also contained components of a portable lab. Troopers counted a total of three mobile Meth labs packed inside the house. Investigators found a large amount of unidentified liquids in jars around the house; a field test of liquid in one of the jars tested positive for Meth. In addition to the two women, officers arrested two men, 31- and 20-years-old, in connection to the various labs and Meth supplies.

In Oregon Several loud booms shook a neighborhood at five in the morning. A SWAT team used flash bombs to distract people at a suspected drug house. Nine people were found inside. Most were cited and released, but a 47-year-old man was arrested on Meth possession charges. Officers found various weapons lying around the house, a surveillance camera mounted above the garage, trash and debris throughout the house and yard and powder believed to be Meth, along with items used to sell it. The suspect’s wife and adult son were also taken to jail, but their charges haven’t been released.