Breaking News
Bay County FLA: Meth lab explosion began in a plastic bottle, Sheriff says
July 9, 2009 - A press release by the Bay County Sheriff’s office says that narcotics officers believe that a plastic bottle was responsible for a meth lab explosion that happened last night. According to the Sheriff’s office, “At approximately 10:30 last... [Read more...]
Audio Interviews
Winchester TN: Rhonda Holt Interview - Part I
“We bought our house in June of 2004. When we bought our house we completely remodeled the house. We had our son Ethan in 2005 and then we had Anna, our 2 year-old in 2006 and MacKenzie in 2007. Ever since all three of them were born, they stayed really sick.” In... [Read more...]
Homeowner Stories
The Bates Family: Three tours in Iraq and and now a meth lab home
John and Jessie Bates, a newlywed couple from Suquamish, had a healthy bank account, one car loan, and no debt, in 2008. John, 34, had completed three tours in Iraq with the U.S. navy, and came home to find a job as a pipefitter in Bangor. Jessie, 29, worked as a nanny, after... [Read more...]
Real Estate News
Branson Missouri: Former mayor rents house to meth lab cooks
A rental house owned by a former Branson West, Missouri mayor was the scene of a meth lab bust, again last month. It was the third time that a meth lab bust occurred at his property. This time, police removed three children from the home between the ages of 4 and 11.
The former mayor, Joseph “Artie” Ayres, says that only two meth lab busts are tied to the house. The other, he says, [Read more...]
Meth Lab Busts
Illinois couple arrested for making meth in Oquawka
An Oquawka, Illinois couple were arrested on Thursday, when a parole check revealed meth residue in a coffee filter in their home. Jeffrey D. Strange, 46, 1011 N. 2nd St., Oquawka and his girlfriend, Toni Kay Robbins, 46, were both arrested at their home on charges of possessing methamphetamine manufacturing materials.
Strange is on parole for a previous meth manufacturing offense in Warren County.
Both Strange and Robbins are now being held without bond at the Henderson County jail.
Books and Videos
Methland The Death and Life of an American Small Town
Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town
Included in the book is information from meth users, like Roland Jarvis, whose addiction to meth began when he used meth to help him stay alert during his double shifts at a local meat-processing plant. But, Jarvis wasn’t the only [Read more...]
Health News
What health problems do meth labs cause ?
The risk of injury from chemical exposure depends on the chemical itself, the concentration, the quantity, and the length and route of exposure. Chemicals may enter the body by being breathed, eaten, injected (by a contaminated needle or accidental skin prick), or absorbed by the skin, according to the Washington State Environmental Health and Safety Agency. Anyone spending time in an active or former meth lab faces health risk [Read more...]
Faces of Meth
Meet Brad Hearon: Former meth lab cook and burn survivor
Brad Hearon, former meth lab cook and burn survivor, was making meth in his El Camino pickup on the night of January 7, 2003, thinking it would be no different than any other time that he’d made meth. But, he was wrong, almost dead wrong. Doctors gave him less than a 1% chance of surviving the burns he received on that fateful night, when his meth lab exploded.
An excerpt from Brad’s My Space Page, says “I went to take my last breath, but my car door opened, and I rolled out. I cried out to [Read more...]
Word on the Street
Cedar Rapids Iowa: Neighbors help rid their community of meth
Neighbors in one Cedar Rapids, Iowa community are uniting to rid their neighborhood of meth and the violence and crime that comes along with it. Tips submitted by citizens can help police shut down meth labs, making communities safer for those who live there, [Read more...]
Technology
First meth lab home built in space by NASA contractor
Fred Fuchs, a Nasa contractor, has done what no meth lab cook has ever done before. He has taken a meth lab to the final frontier, where no police have ever been before.Yet, that is exactly what he wants law enforcement agents to do. Find his meth lab. Fuchs wants all cops to know - when it comes to meth labs, they should expect the unexpected. Fuchs has hidden his meth lab so well, that even the DEA would have a hard time finding it or the pre-cursor chemicals or cooked meth that are located inside his lab. [Read more...]