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.

Sept. 11, 2007

In South Carolina - Four people face Meth manufacturing charges.  The suspects – 39-, 23-, 19- and 17-years-old – were arrested after officers raided a home. 

In Tennessee – A number of people pled guilty to various Meth charges.  A 37-year-old man who was charged with possession of Meth along with other drugs, pleaded guilty to possession of less than .5 grams of Meth for sale and was sentenced to serve three years in prison.  A 33-year-old man pleaded guilty to attempting to manufacture Meth and received a two-year suspended sentence, which he will serve on probation. And a 37-year-old woman who admitted to starting the process to manufacture Meth was granted judicial diversion and placed on probation fro two years.

In Wisconsin – Five men involved in an interstate Meth trafficking scheme have been convicted.  Four defendants spent about seven years traveling from Wisconsin into Minnesota to purchase up to a pound of Meth at a time from the fifth man.  Their trips increased from once every few months at the beginning up to weekly by the time they were arrested.  They would then sell the Meth in smaller quantities back in their home state.  The four defendants from Wisconsin each face a minimum of five years in federal prison, but could be sentenced up to forty years and a $2 million fine each. Their supplier faces up to 20 years in federal prison and fine of up to $1 million.  They will be sentenced over the next two months.

In Alabama – Authorities are searching for a 54-year-old for questioning in connection with a houseboat explosion.  The houseboat at a marina was being used as a Meth lab. Firefighters responded to a fire on the houseboat, and it was quarantined after officials discovered the Meth lab remnants.  Police believe the man was injured in the explosion. 

In Florida – Authorities raided a trailer home located next to a small house in a residential neighborhood and discovered a suspected Meth lab.  Officers found an unusually sophisticated set up that they believe had been used for quite a while to manufacture Meth.  Two men and a woman who were in the trailer when deputies arrived were held for further questioning, but no one has been arrested yet.  One of the detained men used to live at one of the two nearby trailers used as Meth labs that officers busted last month.

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