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March 6
In
Utah A 36-year-old man was arrested for
Meth possession after leading officers on a foot chase. The suspect also
faces a charge of reckless endangerment for running across a freeway and
forcing drivers to swerve and brake. Police finally captured him hiding
under some bushes. A search of his truck turned up Meth and a Meth pipe.
In
Indiana A 26-year-old woman admitted that she and her 2-year-old
daughter lived in a home that housed a Meth lab. Along with her plea to a
charge of neglect of a dependent, she pleaded guilty to possession of Meth
and theft. In exchange for her guilty pleas on those counts, a charge of
operating an illegal drug lab will be dismissed and her prison sentence
will be capped at 30 years. She admitted to being addicted to Meth and
said she injected herself with the drug five minutes before the police
searched the home. She also admitted to stealing fire extinguishers from
a motel to help another defendant make the drug.
In
Alabama A man found severely burned in a blast-torn building will face
charges of felony Meth manufacturing. The 19-year-old was discovered at a
shed that apparently exploded while he was cooking Meth. He was in
critical condition. Police plan to charge him when he leaves the
hospital. This was not the first time the suspect has been burned in a
Meth lab accident.
In
New Jersey Federal agents announced the largest seizure of crystal
Meth in New Jersey's history - 73 pounds worth at least $3 million. Drug
Enforcement Administration agents charged six people in connection with
the bust, saying they were American citizens working on behalf of a major
Mexican drug ring. A cocaine bust in Texas led authorities to set up a
sting to seize the Meth. That shipment was bound for New Jersey. The
suspect gave authorities information that led to other members of the
conspiracy, including his brother. Agents discovered information about a
large shipment of Meth heading and set up surveillance. Officers were
waiting when the driver pulled her car into the drop-off point, a parking
lot. They found the drugs hidden inside laundry stuffed into duffel
bags. The woman, 28-years-old, was arrested. Five others were also
rounded up and arrested for their role in the conspiracy.
In
Louisiana A newborn infant who tested positive for Meth at birth is in
state custody and the mother, who had the same drugs in her system, faces
criminal charges. Officers
went to the 29-year-old woman’s home and conducted a search with her
permission. In addition to Meth, they found a bag of marijuana and
OxyContin. The four-day—old infant was placed in protective custody.
In
Indiana
A 36-year-old man
faces Class A felony drug dealing charges, after being accused of
supplying Meth to people under the age of 18. He is accused of giving Meth
to the 16-year-old daughter of the woman he was living with. When officers
executed a search warrant at the home, they saw evidence of Meth
manufacturing as well as Meth. A 25-year-old man is also being charged in
the case.
In
Missouri
Two
men were sentenced in federal court for a conspiracy to manufacture and
distribute Meth. A 37-year-old was sentenced to 13-years and a
22-year-old received a 10-year-sentence.
In
Arizona
A Kansas
man was arrested in Arizona after authorities seized seven pounds of Meth
from his car. The 38-year-old faces three drug counts after an officer
pulled him over for speeding. Inside the car, police found two plastic
bags full of Meth. He told police he was taking the drugs to Kansas.
In
West Virginia Police discovered two Meth labs in the same county. At
the first, two or three suspects were being held while officers were
requesting a search warrant to examine the rest of the house. The second
lab was found at a trailer home.
In
Florida Two children were taken into protective custody and two adults
were arrested when officers discovered a home Meth lab. The 31-year-old
man and 28-year-old woman both face numerous Meth-related charges. The
children were placed with the Department of Children and Families.
In
North Carolina A 38-year-old
man facing trial for Meth manufacturing allegedly wrote a letter
threatening a witness in the case. He now faces an additional felony
charge for intimidating a witness.
In
Florida
A
29-year-old man received a 15-year prison sentence in a drug case deputies
have branded as the largest Meth seizure in the county’s history. The
defendant pleaded guilty to six charges, four of which were drug
trafficking felony counts. His 35-year-old brother and co-defendant
received a three-year prison sentence earlier after pleading no contest to
trafficking. When the two were arrested, deputies seized 27 ounces of
Meth, about enough to supply more than 1,000 individual doses.
In
Indiana
An overnight police raid landed three in jail on preliminary Meth charges.
A 57-year-old man was arrested on preliminary charges of dealing Meth;
maintaining a common nuisance; and possession of paraphernalia. A
37-year-old man faces preliminary charges of dealing in Meth, and a
31-year-old woman was arrested on preliminary charges of dealing in Meth
and maintaining a common nuisance. During the raid, officers found 17
bags of Meth, several pieces of drug paraphernalia, several long guns, and
one handgun. Two of the guns were loaded.
In
Minnesota
A
23-year-old man is charged with helping arrange the sale of Meth to a
police informant more than a year ago. He faces a felony count of
conspiracy to commit a third-degree drug crime.
In
Ohio Police
busted a Meth lab, arresting a 35-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman.
Two children were removed from the home and placed in protective custody.
Officers found the lab in a bedroom.
In
Indiana A
fire
chief and a police officer were injured during a Meth lab bust. Police
reported that an apartment was filled with smoke and anhydrous ammonia
when they arrived. The suspect, a 36-year-old man, wouldn't come out of
his house even though it was quickly filling with smoke and anhydrous
ammonia from a burning Meth lab. An officer had to pull him out and away
from the toxic fumes. The officer inhaled too much of the fumes and
described the experience, "I've never felt anything like that. Its hard to
get your breath; couldn't hardly talk; it made your chest feel like
somebody's squeezing on your chest and it’s burning." Both the officer
and the fire chief were rushed to the hospital for treatment and released
the next morning. The Meth lab fire was just yards away from a city
university.
In
Tennessee A 29-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman face charges after
officers arrested them at a Meth lab and removed a six-year-old child.
Police found the lab at a rental cabin when a patrolman noticed suspicious
activity. The couple is charged with manufacturing and possessing Meth as
well as child abuse. The man’s six-year-old daughter had been staying in
the cabin as well, but was in school when the police raided the Meth lab.
She was put in the state’s custody. The couple had rented the cabin for
three days.
In
Nevada
A 48-year-old man
received a sentence of up to 32-months in prison for selling Meth from his
apartment. It was the defendant’s third conviction for drug sale
offenses.
In
Oklahoma
Four people arrested
during a drug raid face multiple charges. Two women 25- and 32-years-old,
and a 33-year-old man were each charged with felony possession of Meth
with intent to distribute and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.
A 48-year-old man is charged with Meth possession, maintaining a place for
keeping/selling drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia. When police
served a search warrant, they found multiple baggies of Meth,
paraphernalia and evidence of drug sales.
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