Michigan judge offers deal to meth cook if he pays for clean up of rented home

A Michigan judge has ordered Ray Robinson, 51, from Alma, to pay his landlords more than $20,000 for contaminating their house with meth lab chemicals, in return for a delayed sentence. Robinson’s $21,000 methlab cleanup bill includes the cost of removing meth lab contamination from the home’s HVAC system and replacing other items in the …..Read More

Michigan legislators introduce pseudoephedrine tracking bills

LANSING (April 12, 2011) Republican Michigan legislators,  Sen. John Proos (R-St. Joseph) and Rep. Amanda Price (R-Holland) have introduced two bills to address Michigan’s meth lab problem. Proos’ bill would require retailers to use electronic tracking systems that would record and track information about consumers who are buying pseudoephedrine(PSE). A bill by Rep. Amanda Price …..Read More

Kalamazoo Michigan: Meth Lab fire caused evacuation of 30 apartments

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July 1, 2009: A meth lab has been named as the cause of a two-alarm fire that required everyone living in the Fox Ridge Apartment complex  in Kalamazoo, Michigan to leave their apartment home, near midnight last night.

M is for Meth Lab: Missouri ranks #1 for meth lab busts

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According to reports that AP obtained  from the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the DEA,  when it comes to meth lab busts, no other state even came close to Missouri. During the first quarter of 2009,  reports show that Missouri had over 3 times the amount of meth lab busts than Mississippi, who came in …..Read More

Story Update: Highway Motorcyle Club meth lab bust in Lansing, Michigan

The recent meth lab bust of a member of the Highway Motorcyle Club in Lansing, Michigan was operated without the knowledge of the owner of the home, according to her sister. Read about what led to the bust at 2690 Eaton Rapids Highway by reading the comment we received to our story called “Lansing Michigan …..Read More

Lansing Michigan meth lab tied to Highwaymen Motorcycle Club

Members of the Highway Motorcyle Club were operating a meth lab out of a home located at 2690 Eaton Rapids Highway, according to the Tri-County Metro Narcotics Squad and Michigan State Police Emergency Response Team who raided the residence early Friday morning in Delhi Township.  Using a search warrant,

Rite Aid fined for pseudoephedrine tracking violations

Rite Aid has been fined $5 million dollars for violating government regulations that require pharmacies to track the sale of controlled substances that include pseudoephedrine.  Fifty-three Rite Aid pharmacies in California, Kentucky, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Virginia were not tracking the sale of products containing pseudoephedrine and ephedrine according to state …..Read More

Kalamazoo County, Michigan sets new meth lab bust record in 2008

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Kalamazoo County, Michigan has set a new meth lab bust record for 2008 with the Thanksgiving eve bust of Robert Evans, the father of a 5 year old daughter, who was living in the home at the time of his arrest. The number of meth lab busts in Kalamazoo County in 2008 has skyrocketed since …..Read More

Flint Michigan inventor suspected of operating a meth lab

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A process server who had come to the home of 54 year-old, Joseph Donnelly, noticed something unusual about his home. Something so unusual, that it required he make a 911 call to the local police. When police and firefighters responded to the call for help, they discovered containers of unmarked chemicals and equipment – the …..Read More

3 active meth labs found in basement of home in Paw Paw Michigan

When police arrived to talk to a person who was wanted for questioning by the Van Buren County Sheriff’s department, they smelled odors that led them to the rear of the home, where several people fled out the back door. Three active meth labs were found inside the basement of the home. Five people were