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 19, 2007

In California – When eight agents raided a home, bearing a search warrant in a Meth case, they found far more than they planned on.  Five little girls, ranging from toddler to nine-years-old, were in the home.  Child Protection Services was called to take care of the youngsters, and they were led out of the house, all in tears and clinging to a favorite blanket.  A 45-year old woman, grandmother of all five girls, was arrested – not for the first time.  She was arrested for dealing Meth in 2006 and deported this past May.  Agents discovered she had returned to Madera in June and was splitting her time between two homes occupied by her daughters, who were all born in the United States.  Agents discovered she had reentered the country illegally and was back in the Meth business, with help from at least one of her daughters, the 27-year-old mother to the five little girls.   She was also arrested, and officers say it was allegedly her home the women used to make drug deals, in front of the children.  Two men, 23- and 22-years-old, were also arrested.  All four suspects face felony drug and child endangerment charges, and three are placed on an INS hold.

In New Mexico - Four people face Meth-related charges, two of them after being indicted by a grand jury for trafficking. A 39-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman are both charged with one count of Meth possession and one count of drug paraphernalia. They each face sentences of two and a half years in prison and fines of more than $5,000 if convicted on all counts.  A 19-year-old woman was indicted on third- and fourth-degree felony Meth trafficking charges and drug paraphernalia possession.  If convicted on all counts, she faces more than five years in prison and fines of $11,000.  And a 31-year-old man is charged with six counts of second-degree felony and third-degree felony Meth trafficking, including possession, and six counts of conspiracy.  If he is convicted on all counts, he faces 72-years in prison and fines totaling $90,000.

In Kentucky – A Drug Task Force was called in to dismantle a Meth lab after officers arrested two brothers, 49- and 46-years-old, on Meth manufacturing charges. Officers allegedly found an active Meth lab in their garage.  They also found five juveniles in the home at the time of the raid; they were placed with family members.

In Alberta, Canada – Four people were arrested when an elite group of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, equivalent to a SWAT team, raided an apartment.  The officers found an alleged Meth lab, and are looking for two more people.

In Idaho - A 52-year-old man was arrested after sheriff's deputies found 19-grams of Meth in his home while serving a search warrant.  He is charged with manufacturing, deliver, and possession of Meth with intent to deliver.  There were other people in the home at the time of the raid and they are facing possible charges.

In Indiana - Two men, 28- and 24-years-old, were sentenced after pleading guilty to Meth trafficking charges. They both worked as drug runners for Meth distribution rings.  The older man received a sentence of 11-years, three-months in prison, and will be deported to Mexico after serving his sentence.  The 24-year-old was sentenced to 14-years in prison.

In Pennsylvania - A 39-year-old man pleaded guilty in federal court to operating a Meth lab, working with another man to cook nearly 18-ounces of Meth.  When he is sentenced in September, he could receive between 10-years to life in prison, a $4-million fine, or both.

In California - Thieves rammed a car through the glass front doors of a closed pharmacy and stole a large quantity of pseudoephedrine-based medicine – the second time in as many days thieves used the technique.  The two people seen on surveillance video did not take any prescription drugs. The Drug Enforcement Administration is monitoring developments in the two cases. In both incidents, the thieves left the crash car at the scene.

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