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.

May 17, 2007

In Texas - A 30-year-old man received a sentence of 50 years in prison and a $160,000 fine for his role in a 2005 organized Meth ring and for possessing less than one gram of the drug within 1,000 feet of an elementary school. He was among more than 30-people arrested when the ring was busted.  There are still two other charges against him pending – both for Meth possession.  His case was the first to be decided by a jury. Nearly all of the other co-defendants pleaded guilty to their charges, and four cases still are pending trial. 

In California – A 41-year-old man who police believed was high on Meth called officers to his home two times to search for suspects that didn’t exist.  Both calls were about a fight he thought he was watching in the mobile home park where he lived.  The second time, he believed weapons were involved.  Police did not find any fight, weapons or suspects.  But while they talked to the man, officers began to believe he was high on drugs.  They found 11-grams of Meth on him and took him to jail.

In West Virginia - Police busted and shut down an active Meth lab while executing a search warrant.  A 43-year-old man was arrested on the scene.  A second search warrant served during the same investigation turned up a cache of stolen weapons at another location. 

In Georgia – Officers investigating a report of stolen vehicle ended up busting two Meth labs.  Five people were arrested on Meth and auto theft charges.  Police discovered Meth, the labs, marijuana, at least one stolen van and motorcycle.    

In Florida - Sheriff’s officers found an alleged Meth lab at a manufactured home.  The homeowner, a 49-year-old woman, was arrested on multiple Meth-related charges.

In Tennessee - Two adults and a 16-year-old boy were arrested when officers busted a Meth lab bust at a home and camper.  A young girl was also found at the scene and was placed with relatives. 

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