Snapshot
Sept. 27-Oct. 3, 2007

In Florida – A 35-year-old man already in jail on unrelated charges was served a warrant charging him with participating in Meth trafficking.  The man was allegedly part of a ring headed by a woman and her two sons.  When authorities busted the group, they seized 32-pounds of Meth and arrested 20 people.  Officers are still searching for more than a dozen other suspects they believe were involved in the operation.

In Minnesota - Officers investigating a Meth distribution operation arrested a 29-year-old man after buying several ounces of Meth from him over the past few weeks.  This is the third time the suspect has been arrested on Meth-related charges.  This time, he faces federal charges because of the amount of Meth he sold officers.

In Montana – A federal jury convicted a 53-year-old woman of conspiring with others to buy Meth in Utah and distributing it in Montana.  Jurors dismissed a second count of possession with intent to distribute Meth.  The defendant faces a minimum mandatory 10 years to life in prison and a possible $4 million fine when she is sentenced in January. 

In North Carolina - A second-grade teacher was one of five people arrested as part of an investigation targeting frequent buyers of pseudoephedrine-based medicine used for making Meth.  The 36-year-old woman was arrested at the school where she teaches.  She was suspended with pay from her job, after teaching there for 14 years.  She is accused of acting as a Smurf, buying large quantities of the pills for making Meth.  The other suspects, men ages 46, 39, 32 and 23, face the same charges.  The group was discovered as deputies evaluated purchase logs kept by 24 pharmacies in the area.  Officers expect to make a total of 50 arrests in the case.

In Minnesota – Authorities are investigating how a 14-year-old girl obtained the Meth she took to her middle school and shared with other students.  The teen pled guilty in juvenile court to second-degree sale of a controlled substance.  She admitted handing out the Meth during lunch at the school.  Some students complained of becoming ill and school officials called authorities.  Paramedics evaluated 12 students at the school and sent six, including the girl who shared the Meth, to hospitals for more testing.   Police found two more grams of Meth in the 14-year-old’s home, and say they are looking at her parents as a possible source of the drug. The 14-year-old was arrested and seven other students were suspended.  Authorities say all the students knew that they were taking Meth.

In Illinois - A 30-year-old man was arrested after officers allegedly found a Meth lab in a motel room.  The suspect faces multiple charges including aggravated manufacture of Meth, Meth related child endangerment, disposal of Meth manufacturing waste, and other Meth-related counts.  Police received permission to search the room after smelling the odor associated with cooking Meth when the suspect first opened the door.  Officers also saw Meth making materials in the room. The child endangerment charge stems from the need to evacuate neighboring rooms, including one where a one-year-old boy was staying with his mother.  The suspect admitted to having cooked Meth at least 20 times in the past year, but he claims someone set him up this time. He told police he found the Meth lab when he returned to his room about an hour before police arrived. 

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