Franklin Ohio meth lab fire and explosion destroys rental home and the lives of three men who were cooking meth in the basement. Dental records reveal identity of victims.
Single mom Andrea Wagner buys contaminated meth lab home
July 26, 2009 By 4 Comments
Stow, Ohio: Andrea Wagner bought a meth lab home on Meadowbrook Boulevard for $147,000,in January 2006, not knowing that she was buying a home contaminated with meth lab chemicals. The seller, who bought the home at a Sheriff’s auction never told her and Wagner never questioned it. All she knew was that the house looked …..Read More
Summit County Ohio approves meth lab database but no cleanup guidelines
September 12, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Summit County, like other counties across the U.S., are doing what they can to address their meth lab problem, despite a lack of direction or information from the federal government. On August 22th, the Summit County Council adopted three recommendations of the Methamphetamine Property Awareness Task Force, which will
Summit County Ohio agrees to set up an online meth lab database
August 25, 2008 By 1 Comment
Akron – The Methamphetamine Property Awareness Task Force and the Summit County Council have joined hands to help combat methamphetamine. On August 11, 2008, the Council agreed to adopt the recommendations made by the Meth Task Force to a county-wide system of identifying meth labs. Law enforcement agencies will now submit a nationally recognized form …..Read More
Summit County Ohio Meth Task Force wants to create a Meth Lab database on the Internet
July 25, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Proposed meth lab cleanup legislation in Cuyahoga Falls Ohio is unfair to property owners
July 22, 2008 By 2 Comments
If Cuyahoga Falls city leaders have their way, property owners there will pick up the entire tab for meth labs. At a recent meeting about the meth lab problem there, Assistant Law Director Hope Jones told residents that they are considering making property owners responsible for paying the expenses incurred by the police department, meth …..Read More
Cuyahoga Falls Ohio residents discuss who should be responsible to clean up meth lab homes
July 6, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Ohio lawmakers would like to make it perfectly clear who is responsible to pay for the cleanup of clandestine meth lab homes – the property owner. They would also like those same property owners to pay for any costs incurred by the police for their administrative costs. The law they would like to see pass …..Read More
Meth lab homes in Ohio may be changing
May 29, 2008 By 1 Comment
May 2008: Councilwoman Christine Croce has introduced legislation that seeks to provide some protection to home buyers. She wants anyone who owns a home or rental property that was once used as a meth lab to record that information on a city form, a form that would be given to a new buyer. If her …..Read More
Mexico’s Part in Meth Addiction in the U.S.
August 15, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Methamphetamine distribution by Mexican criminal groups is expanding to sustain markets previously supplied by local production, particularly in midwestern and eastern states: As methamphetamine production in small-scale laboratories has decreased nationally since 2004, Mexican criminal groups have expanded direct distribution of methamphetamine, even in many smaller communities. For example, in midwestern states such as Iowa, …..Read More
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