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.

June 7, 2007

In South Dakota – A 33-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman will serve time in federal prison for their participation in a Meth distribution ring.  The man was sentenced to 15-and two-thirds years in prison and a fine of $10,000. The woman received a prison sentence of four-and one-quarter years.  They were arrested when police seized a shipment of 32-ounces of Meth.  From KXMB News

In South Dakota - A 41-year-old woman has a July court date on three charges of smuggling Meth to her daughter while the younger woman was in the women's prison serving time on her own Meth charges.  The daughter has since pleaded guilty to additional charges of distributing Meth to another inmate.  From KELO TV

In North Carolina - Detectives found a massive underground agricultural tank used in a huge Meth operation.  The tank holds anhydrous ammonia.  Investigators believe it held 500 to 1000 gallons of anhydrous ammonia.   Officials have ‘persons of interests’ but no arrests have yet been made.

In Indiana – Police believe a woman they pulled over for speeding on the Interstate was involved in smurfing for pseudoephedrine for Meth manufacturing.  The suspect was first stopped going 95MPH in a 70MPH zone.  Officers discovered the woman had a suspended drivers license and fake vehicle registration.  An ensuing search turned up 25 boxes of cold medicine – 290 pills - in her pickup truck.  They also discovered purchase receipts from two different states.  The 38-year-old woman refuses to explain why she was transported that large a quantity of pseudoephedrine, but officials say there is no reasonable explanation, other than Meth manufacturing, for anyone to have 290 cold medication pills. 

In Indiana - Two men, 53- and 43-years-old, face up to 20-years in prison after being convicted of felony Meth manufacturing charges.  The two, along with a 23-year-old man, were arrested last November after a raid on a home where officers turned up Meth manufacturing components. The third man testified against the others as part of a plea agreement.

In Texas - A 42-year-old man was arrested in connection with a Meth lab discovered in a motel room.  An officer responding to a report of a dumpster fire suspected the blaze was more than a simple trash fire and instigated the investigation. 

In Minnesota – Police were called to a fight that the victims say stemmed from a dispute over the quality of Meth sold to one victim’s girlfriend.  Three men, ranging from 18- to 39-years-old, received minor injuries in the fight. They told officers that the dispute had started earlier at a nearby convenience store where one of the victims confronted others, claiming his girlfriend had been sold some bad Meth. The victims said the suspects thought they were informing on them to police.

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