Pullyap Washington: Police officers at risk from meth lab chemicals call it quits
November 30, 2008
In April of 2007, police officers were called to investigate a possible meth lab operation located in a condominium. As a result of that investigation as well as an additional meth lab investigation, the police union filed a grievance against the city of Pullup. Their grievance resulted in the city being cited on 6 Read more
Woman who bought a meth lab home from HUD sues and wins
September 1, 2008
In January 2003, police arrested 3 people for running a meth lab in a four bedroom home in Colorado Springs. By March of 2003, the home went in to foreclosure. None of which, thirty-three year old, Denise Yokum, knew when she secured two loans totaling $108.600 to buy it as a HUD house in August of 2003.
Denise, like thousands of other home buyers, was full of dreams the day she bought her new home. She began working on the home, the very day it officially became hers. She could hardly wait to make it a welcoming place for her young son. She could hardly wait to make part of it in to a day care center. But, her dreams became her nightmare, two days after she became its new owner Read more
Oklahoma sues N.J. vitamin company for $2 million for selling meth precursor
September 1, 2008
The state of Oklahoma has filed suit against D & E Pharmaceuticals and its owner Eric Organ for supplying precursor drugs that could have been used to make methamphetamine. The suit claims that D & E Pharmaceuticals and Eric Organ violated the federal law known as the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, despite numerous warnings from state and federal officials. They claim that the Read more
Couple sues Utah health department over meth lab home
August 26, 2008
If you’re buying or thinking of buying a home in Utah, talk to the neighbors BEFORE you sign any purchase agreement.
The couple in this video bought a home, only to find out later from neighbors that it had been used as a meth lab by its previous owner. They later sued the health department over the $40,000 that it will cost them to decontaminate the home.