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 12, 2007

In Iowa - A 22-year-old woman who was charged in connection with an international drug ring that brought large amounts of marijuana and Meth to the northwest part of the state pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute marijuana.  She was arrested after a tri-state drug task force investigation that seized about 75 pounds of marijuana and 15 pounds of Meth at two homes.  The county attorney alleged the woman was involved in the planning of the drug ring and traveled to Mexico to bring back the drugs.  She faces up to 20 years in prison when she is sentenced in August. 

In Montana - A California man received a federal prison sentence of nearly 14-years on a charge of a Meth distribution conspiracy. The 33-year-old defendant worked with two others to bring Meth into the state.  The others pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing.

In California - When officers surrounded a home as they served an arrest warrant for a parolee, they heard voices coming from a shed behind the house.  As they moved closer they smelled a strong chemical odor, and inside they found a Meth lab and drug paraphernalia.  The parolee, a 38-year-old man, along with a 51-year-old woman and a 50-year-old man, was arrested on suspicion of Meth manufacturing. 

In Ohio – Sheriff deputies responded to a request to look into suspicious activity at a home discovered a Meth lab in a cave-like area in nearby woods.  No one has been arrested in connection to the abandoned lab.

In Alabama - Authorities are releasing more information about a major bust of a large drug ring.  26-people of 45 indicted have been arrested in the federal investigation.  A 98-count indictment named a 38-year-old man as the ringleader and claimed he used at least eight discount stores to help supply chemicals that produced 376 pounds of Meth.  The drug was then sold in Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia.  The investigation tracked purchases of more than 80 pounds of pseudoephedrine, 78 pounds of iodine, 100 pounds of red phosphorous and 37 gallons of liquid phosphorous.  The indictment seeks the forfeiture of more than $17-million, the income generated from the Meth sales, and land belonging to the owner of one of the stores. 

In Hawaii - First-degree Meth trafficking charges are pending against two women arrested after police say they accepted delivery of a drug shipment.  Officers had earlier intercepted the package sent from out of state and set up the controlled delivery to a home.  The package appeared to contain about one pound of crystal Meth.  Officials are waiting to file formal charges against the 60- and 44-year old women until they get test results back on the suspected Meth.

In Indiana - A 38-year-old woman believed to be cooking Meth in a home where her children live was sentenced to four years probation.  She pled guilty to possession of Meth and two counts of neglect of a dependent.  In exchange for her guilty pleas, charges of maintaining a common nuisance and possessing both Meth and Meth precursors were dropped.  She was arrested after a social services worker and a police officer visited the home to investigate reports of drug activity.  They found the woman and her husband, along with their two teenaged children living in the home.  They also discovered seven bags of Meth prepared for sale, Meth pipes, along with the materials and equipment to cook Meth.  The woman told officers she is a Meth addict who tried to keep her drug use from her children.  A friend of the adults was arrested at the home, the parents were arrested a short time later.  The friend pled guilty to Meth charges and was sentenced to three years imprisonment.  The husband is scheduled for sentencing in August.

In Illinois - A 27-year-old man who pled guilty to Meth possession was sentenced to three-years in prison.  He had faced a number of other counts, including Meth manufacturing and delivery.  He was arrested a year ago, after officers who showed up at his mother’s home to serve a search warrant found him making Meth.  Along with the lab, he had about 90-grams of finished Meth and 10-pounds of the liquid base used to make it.  He lived with his mother and admitted that he’d been running the lab for about six months to make ends meet.

In New York – A 58-year-old woman pleaded guilty to a Meth-related charge, even though she claims she didn't remember selling the Meth but she couldn't contest conducting the sale. That guilty plea was for the second of two Meth charges.  She had earlier pled guilty to an indictment off Meth manufacturing on a previous arrest.  She admitted to having ingredients for cooking the drug, including a partially filled 120-gallon tank of anhydrous ammonia.  For that crime, she was sentenced to one year in the county jail and $3,820 restitution toward the cost of cleaning up the Meth lab at her home. She will be sentenced on the latest case in August.

In Iowa – A second man, 23, has been charged in connection with a fire in an apartment that forced an evacuation of the building.  The suspect, along with a 32-year old man who was arrested earlier, is accused of first-degree arson.  Authorities allege the two were using a flammable substance and a hair dryer to rinse filters they were using in cooking Meth.  Investigators found Meth making items and drug paraphernalia when they searched for the fire’s cause.  No one was injured in the fire, but it destroyed the first floor apartment and caused heavy smoke damage, estimated between $50,000 and $60,000.

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