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MAPP-SD, a project of Prairie View Prevention Services, Inc., is a comprehensive
Methamphetamine awareness and prevention project.
MAPP-SD is dedicated to:
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Increase
awareness of Meth and the problems associated with its use, manufacture and
distribution;
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Provide, at no cost, professional Meth awareness and prevention education to
groups and organizations on a community, regional and statewide level;
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Be a no-cost, ongoing resource for South Dakota citizens to deal with issues
rising from the manufacture, use and distribution of Meth.
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Snapshot
Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 2007
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September 5
In
Iowa –
Three
people pled guilty to making and selling Meth. They admitted to traveling
into Wisconsin, South Dakota and Minnesota to buy the ingredients,
including over one million pseudoephedrine pills. Over a ten-year period,
they cooked as much as 223-pounds of Meth. A fourth person was convicted
on charges of distributing Meth, money laundering and illegal use of
firearms over an eight-year period. All four face prison terms from ten
years to life and fines of between $250,000 and $8 million.
In
California -
Officers
raided two homes Wednesday and arrested a 38-year-old man with a long
history of Meth production. At the first home, authorities seized
suspected Meth and a loaded semiautomatic handgun. Police took the
suspect into custody at his trailer home and plan to charge him with
manufacturing Meth and carrying a loaded firearm. He pled guilty to two
other Meth lab arrests, once in 2000 and again 2003. He was sentenced to
two-years in prison the first time and seven years the second.
In
Indiana -
A businessman who
pleaded guilty in 2005 to five counts of selling Meth precursors from the
back of his grocery store was sentenced in federal court to five years in
prison. The 68-year-old must serve at least 85-percent of his sentence
before being eligible for parole. He was arrested in 2004 after Drug
Enforcement Administration agents and local officers spent months
investigating his store and found he was selling pseudoephedrine by the
caseload to known Meth users. He sold 96-count boxes of pseudoephedrine in
cases of 12 boxes for $150 a case. He admitted making a profit of $6,000
each month selling the product. He pleaded guilty to one count of
conspiracy to distribute pseudoephedrine, a schedule-1 listed chemical,
and four counts of distribution of pseudoephedrine. He could have been
sentenced to 20 years on each count and $250,000 in fines on each count.
In
Missouri - An almost two-year investigation into a multi-million
dollar Meth ring wrapped up with 17 men arrested. "Operation Buckshot"
also netted officials 38-pounds of Meth, 89 guns, four cars and more than
$100,000. The suspects include 11-people from Missouri, the others are
from California, Kansas, Colorado and Mexico. Each of the suspects is
charged with conspiring to distribute Meth, many also face additional drug
and weapons charges.
In
Virginia – A 47-year-old man was arrested after a raid at his trailer
home. Officers found a Meth lab in his bedroom.
Police
discovered a first Meth lab in the same man’s home on May 29.
In
Iowa – A 46-year-old woman and a 40-year-old man were arrested on Meth
manufacturing charges.
They were taken into
custody after officers who searched a rural home found Meth and the
ingredients to make more. The man was arrested on similar charges last
December.
In
Texas – Officers made a Meth bust in a
garage apartment and
arrested a 26-year-old man. When police raided the apartment, they fund
Meth precursors, items related to Meth sales, Meth oil and a small amount
of finished Meth.
In
Missouri - A house exploded while authorities were investigating a
suspected Meth lab. A man and woman who fled the scene were arrested
nearby. Officers were executing an arrest warrant at the house when a man
appeared behind the home and shot at them. None of the officers were
injured. The explosion occurred during the commotion
In
California -
A
couple pleaded not guilty to the murder of an infant who was violently
shaken after going into a Meth-induced seizure. The baby’s 28-year-old
mother and her 32-year-old boyfriend were charged after the 8-month-old
boy died at a hospital. The woman told police she accidentally wiped the
boy's nose with a cotton swab used to clean a Meth pipe. The infant's
skull was fractured and his arm broken when the man tried to revive him by
violently shaking him.
In
South Carolina – Authorities arrested seven people accused of running
five Meth labs. The suspects face charges ranging from Meth manufacturing
to possession to unlawful disposal of Meth lab waste. During the raids,
officers found 10-pounds of ephedrine powder. They also discovered buried
Meth-making materials, including an ammonia tank.
September 4, 2007
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