Snapshot
Aug. 23-29, 2007

In Texas - Four people were arrested after police raided a home and found a working Meth lab.  Officers were acting on an anonymous tip that people were cooking Meth inside.  The 29-year-old woman who lives in the home gave police permission to search the area, and they found Meth as well as the lab and drug paraphernalia.  The woman, along with two men, ages 51 and 27, and another woman, 31-years-old, were all arrested on suspicion of Meth possession and possession of material used to make it, tampering with evidence and child endangerment.  The last charge was added when officers found the resident’s two young children, 1- and 5-years-old, in the house.  The children were released at the scene to guardians.

In Maryland - The arrest of an Arizona man wanted for allegedly failing to register as a sex offender led Maryland detectives to a large, sophisticated Meth lab.  The suspect, 43-years-old, is charged with Meth manufacturing and with trying to infect a detective with HIV because he bit the investigator during a long and bloody tussle. The suspect is wanted in Arizona for failing to register as a sex offender after a conviction last year for sexual conduct with a minor. A search of the man’s apartment led to a bedroom locked with a deadbolt. Inside, investigators discovered evidence of Meth manufacturing, including gallons of chemicals and an elaborate ventilation system. A police spokeswoman said the quantity of lab materials seized and the construction of the equipment make it among the most elaborate Meth operations found in the county. 

In Oklahoma - An ex-convict who had been out of jail about a month on a charge of selling crack cocaine was arrested again, this time accused of delivering Meth near a public park.  In addition to the Meth charges, the 49-year-old man faces new charges attempted escape from detention, delivery of the drug without a tax stamp, assault and battery on a police officer, and possession of drug paraphernalia.  If he is convicted on all charges, including his earlier cocaine charge, he could receive as much as two life prison terms plus 16 years and fines totaling $141,500. 

In Louisiana - Two men traveled from Arkansas into Louisiana to buy ingredients for a third person to use in Meth manufacturing.  Employees at a business called police about their suspicious purchases, and officers pulled them over in a traffic stop.  The men admitted to buying supplies for a third party in Arkansas. They were arrested on Meth conspiracy charges. 

In Georgia - A police officer pulled over a car for speeding and found the driver couldn’t produce a license or proof of insurance.  A closer look at the car revealed some Meth and some items that led officers to believe there was might be a Meth lab in the car.  The officers called for back up and soon agents were pulling a complete Meth lab out of the car.  The man and woman from the car face possession and manufacturing charges.

In Wyoming - A jury convicted a 38-year-old man on six counts related to operating a Meth lab in his home in the presence of two children.  He was arrested in December when police following up on an assault and battery charge when to his home and found Meth, plus chemicals and equipment for cooking Meth.  Two children, ages 4 and 8 at the time, were in the home while the Meth lab was operational. 

In Michigan - Authorities plan to charge a 43-year-old man with operating a Meth lab after finding one in a place where he stayed.  Sheriff's deputies responding to a call about a possible suicidal person found the man outside exhibiting behavior associated with tweaking - the most dangerous stage of the Meth abuse cycle.  While talking with the man, deputies noticed evidence of Meth manufacturing near the garage, asked and received permission to search the garage.  That’s when they discovered the Meth lab.  When deputies arrested the man and put him in the back of the patrol car, he began banging his head on the door window on the driver's side and bent the track that the window rests on.  He will be charged with maintaining and operating a Meth lab, Meth possession and malicious destruction to a police vehicle. 

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