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 26, 2007

In South Dakota –A 45-year-old man who skipped out on a trial in February 2006 was caught in Ohio.  The fugitive was charged after running from officers during a Meth bust at his home in 2004.  Someone posted bond for him the day before his trial was scheduled to start, and he disappeared.  U.S. Marshals picked him up in Ohio after coworkers told authorities he was bragging about his fugitive status.  He will be held in jail without bond until his September trial begins.

In New York - A 16-year-old boy is accused of making Meth, a Class-D felony that carries a possible seven-year prison sentence. State police started the investigation after receiving an anonymous tip and finding some evidence in a car crash.  When troopers raided the alleged Meth lab, they seized lab equipment, precursors and reagents used to make the drug. Troopers expect to arrest more teens in connection with the Meth lab.

In Oklahoma – Authorities are releasing more information about the suspects injured in an apparent Meth lab explosion and fire.  The three people drove themselves to a hospital for treatment, triggering the investigation into the lab.  A 24-year-old woman was taken to a burn center with burns to 100% of her body.  Two men, 26- and 23-years-old, received burns to 60% of their bodies. 

In Ohio - A 32-year-old man charged with operating a Meth lab in the attic of his home was sentenced to three years in prison and fined $7,500.  He was earlier found guilty of illegal manufacture of drugs and of child endangering.  Two children were living in the house at the time of the raid.

In West Virginia – Police arrested five people after busting a home Meth lab. Sheriff’s deputies were investigating a tip when they found the lab in a trailer home.  All five suspects are charged with felony attempt to operate a clandestine lab. The county is planning to condemn the residence.  

In Nebraska – A 44-year old man is charged with possessing anhydrous ammonia, a Class III felony.  Drug task force agents received a tip that someone was stealing the chemical from a business. 

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