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.

July 6, 2007

In Indiana - State and local police raided a Meth lab that they describe as one of the largest they have seen.  The raid stemmed from a probation check, when officers noticed the home was equipped with surveillance gear.  They got a search warrant and raided the home, finding the Meth lab and a large amount of materials for producing Meth.  They also discovered processed Meth, Meth in the process of being cooked and a large amount of cash.  Three small children were removed from the home and turned over to Child Protective Services. Police arrested a 29-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman.

In Minnesota – A 36-year-old woman was found with 3.4-grams of Meth in her car after being pulled over for having a cracked windshield.  A search of the vehicle also turned up marijuana, a glass pipe and a digital scale.  She faces charges of fifth-degree controlled substance possession.

In Arkansas – A man and woman were formally charged with felony possession of Meth and paraphernalia following their arrests in May at a courthouse. They were taken into custody after a deputy learned there was a wanted man sitting in a pickup truck in the courthouse parking area.  Three young children were in the truck with the suspect.  The man told the deputy that a woman – who also had active arrest warrants out – drove him to the courthouse.  The woman was arrested in the courthouse; the man was arrested in the parking lot.  A search of the suspects and truck turned up nearly a half-ounce of Meth.

In Texas - Border agents in Texas arrested a pregnant Georgia fugitive charged with conspiring to distribute Meth in Tennessee.  The 25-year-old woman was arrested while attempting to enter the United States from Mexico under an assumed name. She was being sought on federal warrants since her March indictment on Meth possession and distribution charges. 

In Nebraska - A 27-year-old woman pled not guilty to Meth possession charges.  She was arrested in June after consenting to a search of her car during a traffic stop.  The deputy reportedly found a variety of prescription medications in a bottle, a baggie containing Meth in her luggage, as well as a metal container holding marijuana and a pipe.  If she is found guilty, she faces a possible maximum prison sentence of five years. 

In Missouri - A 60-year-old man pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a Meth distribution conspiracy.  He faces up to 40 years in prison and a maximum $2-million fine when he is sentenced.

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