Articles tagged with meth
Wed, May 23, 2012
Three Arrested In Sherwood Meth Bust
SHERWOOD, MI (WTVB) - Reviewing pseudoephedrine sales logs on-line from area stores paid off last night for Branch County Sheriff’s Deputies who arrested 3 ...
Mon, May 07, 2012
Van Buren County Man Burned In Meth Lab Explosion
PINE GROVE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO) -- A Van Buren County man has been horribly burned in a meth lab mishap early Sunday in Pine Grove ...
Mon, May 07, 2012
Meth lab explosion leaves man terribly burned
VAN BUREN COUNTY (WKZO) -- A Van Buren County man has been horribly burned in a meth lab mishap early Sunday in Pine Grove Township ...
Thu, May 03, 2012
Another Meth Bust In Van Buren County
HARTFORD (WKZO) -- Acting on a tip Van Buren County’s Narcotics unit raided a home at 9 North Haver Street in the City of ...
Sun, April 29, 2012
Meth lab bust at Sturgis motel
STURGIS (WKZO) -- Four people may face charges in Sturgis after they cooked up a couple of batches of Methamphetamine inside a room at the ...
Wed, April 11, 2012
Union City Meth Bust
UNION CITY, MI (WTVB) - Two Union City men were arrested last night by Branch County Sheriff’s Deputies on numerous drug charges. When officers ...
Fri, April 06, 2012
Hillsdale County Meth Explosion Injures One
HILLSDALE, MI (WTVB) - More methamphetamine related danger in the area. It happened Thursday night in Hillsdale County’s Cambria Township, where one person was ...
Thu, April 05, 2012
Roadside Trash May Be A Meth Dump
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - They appear every spring now, like the daffodils and the dandelions. It’s been common knowledge in rural parts of west ...
Fri, March 30, 2012
One Suspect Still At Large Sturgis Meth Lab Explosion
STURGIS, MI (WTVB) - Branch County authorities have been told to remain on the lookout for a suspect who remains at large following a meth ...
Mon, March 26, 2012
Meth Bust In Sherwood
SHERWOOD, MI (WTVB) - Four people will likely face charges in Branch County after a weekend raid on a suspected meth lab house in Sherwood ...
Tue, March 20, 2012
"Meth babies" show more behavior problems
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When expectant moms use methamphetamine, their kids may be at greater risk of behavioral and emotional problems ...
Tue, March 20, 2012
"Meth babies" show more behavior problems
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When expectant moms use methamphetamine, their kids may be at greater risk of behavioral and emotional problems ...
Wed, February 15, 2012
Bronson Meth Bust
BRONSON, MI (WTVB) - It’s an all too familiar scene in recent months in Branch County. An active meth lab in a home with ...
Tue, January 17, 2012
Indictments connect Arkansas meth operation to Mexico
By Suzi Parker
LITTLE ROCK, Ark (Reuters) - Federal and Arkansas authorities on Tuesday indicted 22 people on 36 counts of trafficking of methamphetamine in ...
Fri, December 30, 2011
Another Branch County Meth Bust
UNION CITY, MI (WTVB) - For at least the third time this month, authorities in Branch County have had to call in assistance to remove ...
Thu, December 22, 2011
Addictive meth is scourge of rural Missouri
By Kevin Murphy
KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - Becky Cozort knows all about the allure of methamphetamine, a highly addictive drug that appears especially rampant ...
Thu, December 22, 2011
Sniper Ordered To Shoot Any Police That Showed Up At White Pigeon Meth House
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI (WKZO) -- State Police say some of the five suspects from a potentially violent group that was making and distributing meth ...
Mon, December 19, 2011
Another Meth Bust In Branch County
SHERWOOD TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A recent spike in Methamphetamine busts continues in Branch County. The latest happened over the weekend when sheriff’s deputies ...
Fri, December 16, 2011
Another Meth Bust in Branch County
BETHEL TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - For the second time this week, there’s been a sizable meth bust in Branch County, this time in Bethel ...
Wed, December 14, 2011
Children Removed From Meth House
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Five children were checked out at the Community Health Center of Branch County Emergency room last night after they were located ...
Fri, December 02, 2011
Police chief in Oklahoma fired after meth arrest
By Steve Olafson
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - An Oklahoma police chief arrested on drug charges this week has been fired from his job,marking the ...
Wed, November 30, 2011
Agents charge 20 in New Mexico meth ring bust
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - Federal authorities on Wednesday said they had broken up a methamphetamine trafficking ring that supplied large amounts of the ...
Thu, November 17, 2011
Large Meth Bust In Climax
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO) -- Kalamazoo’s KVET unit has seen a lot of meth labs in the last few years, but they say they've ...
Fri, November 11, 2011
Two St. Joseph County Men Arrested For Meth
STURGIS, MI (WKZO) ---They were speeding in more ways than one. Two men in a rolling meth lab were pulled over by Sturgis police ...
Mon, October 17, 2011
Meth Bust In Quincy
QUINCY, MI (WTVB) - Operating a meth lab in presence of minors and operating a lab with hazardous waste are two of the charges pending ...
Thu, September 22, 2011
Another Meth Bust In Van Buren County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO) -- A man and a woman in a mobile meth lab have traded their ride for a jail cell in Van Buren ...
Tue, September 20, 2011
Kindergartener brings crack pipe, meth for show-and-tell
By Bruce Olson
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - A kindergartener in rural Sweet Springs, Missouri, brought a bag of crystal meth and a crack pipe to ...
Thu, September 15, 2011
Two Men Arrested In Meth Bust
PORTER TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO) -- The Van Buren County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Unit made another meth bust around noon Wednesday. A 45-year-old man from ...
Wed, August 03, 2011
Young gay men who use meth may risk HIV
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young gay and bisexual men who use methamphetamine are more likely to take sexual risks that boost ...
Sat, July 30, 2011
Meth Raid in Van Buren County
VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI (WKZO) --The Van Buren County Narcotics Unit raided a mobile home on Marie Street in the Frosty Acres Mobile Home ...
Fri, July 29, 2011
Meth Bust In Gobles
GOBLES, MI (WKZO) - One reason that fighting Methamphetamines is so difficult is because it’s often a family affair. Van Buren County deputies found ...
Wed, July 27, 2011
Evidence of meth use closes West Virginia technical school
By Steven Allen Adams
CHARLESTON, W., Virginia (Reuters) - A West Virginia high school has been closed and its principal and a teacher arrested after ...
Wed, July 27, 2011
Signs of meth use close West Virginia high school
By Steven Allen Adams
CHARLESTON, W. Virginia (Reuters) - A West Virginia high school has been closed and its principal and a teacher arrested after ...
Tue, July 12, 2011
Meth Bust In Hartford Township
HARTFORD TOWNSHIP -- Four people who were making meth in the front yard of a home on Red Arrow Highway in Hartford Township have been ...
Wed, July 06, 2011
Meth Bust In Van Buren County
HARTFORD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO) -- There are two places you hate to see Meth Labs, where kids live and in Apartment complexes where children and ...
Sat, June 25, 2011
New Bill To Combat Meth Use
LANSING, MI (WKZO) - A new tool in the battle to combat methamphetamine could be deployed in Michigan soon.
The State House has passed a ...
Fri, June 24, 2011
New Tool to Combat Meth May Become Law
LANSING, MI (WHTC News) - A new tool in the battle to combat methamphetamine could be deployed in Michigan soon.
The state House has passed ...
Tue, June 21, 2011
Van Buren County Couple Face Meth Charges
WOLF LAKE, MI (WKZO) -- A Van Buren County couple face charges in two counties after they let their methamphetamine habits get the best of ...
Thu, June 16, 2011
Parents jailed after baby drinks meth-laced juice
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A Montana couple were in jail on Thursday, charged with allowing their infant daughter to drink orange juice mixed with methamphetamine ...
Thu, June 16, 2011
Huge Meth Bust In Grand Rapids
KENT COUNTY, MI (WKZO) -- A simple tip about suspicious activity has led to one of the biggest drug busts of its kind in west ...
Wed, May 18, 2011
Michigan cops discover mobile meth lab in traffic stop
By James B. Kelleher
CHICAGO (Reuters) - This was definitely not your father's Oldsmobile.
Police in Michigan pulled over a vehicle for suspected drunk ...
Fri, May 13, 2011
New Bill May Make It Harder To Manufacture Meth
LANSING (WKZO) -- Another law cracking down on Meth-heads is working its way thru the State House. It’s not the legislation that law enforcement ...
Thu, April 28, 2011
Van Buren County Meth Bust
PORTER TOWNSHIP (WKZO) -- Tips from neighbors led Van Buren County deputies to a drug bust in the 75-thousand block of Marie Drive in Porter ...
Mon, April 25, 2011
Meth Bust
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO) -- A Barry County man has been arrested for trying to shoplift some of the items he needed for a Meth Cook ...
Fri, April 15, 2011
Meth Fire In Portage
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- Portage Police are looking for two men, one of them possibly badly burned, after they fled a meth lab explosion at a ...
Thu, April 07, 2011
Gobles Man Arrested On Meth Charges
GOBLES (WKZO) -- Van Buren County Deputies have released the name of a man who they claim is responsible for the latest Meth Lab to ...
Wed, April 06, 2011
One Solution To Meth Lab Clean-Ups
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- As we first reported yesterday, the federal government has abruptly cut off funding for Meth Lab Cleanups, but one local police agency ...
Mon, April 04, 2011
New Laws To Curb Meth May Make It Worse
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- She has treated the victims of exploding meth labs, and she says enough is enough, charging Michigan’s new laws to curb ...
Sat, March 26, 2011
Mississippi says prescription-only law works in meth fight
By Leigh Coleman
BILOXI, Mississippi (Reuters) -- Mississippi legislators last year put one of the nation's toughest anti-methamphetamine laws into effect -- and officials say ...
Fri, March 18, 2011
Meth Lab Bust Near Camden
Camden (WTVB) It wasn’t a pot of gold of gold that state troopers from the Jonesville Post found on St Patrick’s Day ...
Tue, March 15, 2011
Meth Bust In Dowagiac
DOWAGIAC (WKZO) - There was a big meth lab bust in southwest Michigan Friday. The Cass County Drug Enforcement Team executed a search warrant at ...
Mon, March 14, 2011
Meth Labs Busted in Dowagiac
DOWAGIAC -- There was a big meth lab bust in southwest Michigan Friday. The Cass County Drug Enforcement Team executed a search warrant at a ...
Fri, February 18, 2011
Georgia meth lab fire kills three children
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Three children were killed in a suburban Atlanta house fire caused by a lab used to process methamphetamine, authorities said on Friday ...
Fri, February 04, 2011
Mid-Michigan Farmer Catches Man Stealing Meth Ingredient Fertilizer
(Mason, MI) -- The Ingham County Sheriff's Department said a 70-year-old farmer caught a man trying to steal anhydrous ammonia from his farm. Anhydrous ...
Thu, February 03, 2011
Meth Explosion In Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO (WTVB) - An explosion in a Kalamazoo Township motel room last night triggered by a meth lab may have injured two people, but for ...
Tue, February 01, 2011
Meth Lab Found In Burlington
BURLINGTON (WTVB) - Meth making materials are dangerous once the drug is manufactured and ingested and can be equally as dangerous when the remains and ...
Mon, January 31, 2011
Meth Bust In Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- They aren’t saying how they did it, but Public Safety says two officers interrupted a methamphetamine drug transaction in progress in ...
Tue, January 25, 2011
Two Children Found Living Meth House
SPRINGFIELD (WKZO) -- Child protective services has been called to do a follow-up investigation after police in Springfield busted a Meth house on Harmonia Road ...
Fri, January 21, 2011
Slater slept rough to play meth addict
The star totally immersed himself in the character of Delgado in Rites of Passage and gave up nights at home with his family to ...
Thu, January 06, 2011
Richland Meth Lab
RICHLAND (WKZO) -- A drug raid at an address at the Richland Mobile Home park has put a meth production facility out of business. Police ...
Tue, January 04, 2011
Possible Meth Lab Explosion Injures Two
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY (WKZO) -- A man and a woman are recovering from burns suffered in what may have been a meth lab explosion at ...
Fri, December 03, 2010
Sturgis Meth Bust
STURGIS (WKZO) -- Sturgis police checking on a suspicious car with out of state plates, that did not register properly, turned up a rolling meth ...
Tue, November 23, 2010
Three Injured In Sturgis Meth Lab Fire
STURGIS (WTVB) - Three people were seriously burned early today in a rolling meth lab fire in Sturgis. Police were called around 4 a.m ...
Fri, October 15, 2010
Another Person Sentenced In Fox Ridge Meth Case
GRAND RAPIDS (WKZO) -- A third person has now been sentenced to a federal penitentiary for her role in a Meth Lab explosion that burned ...
Thu, October 14, 2010
CVS to pay $78 million to settle meth ingredient probe
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - CVS Caremark Corp has agreed to pay $77.6 million to settle an investigation that its drugstores allowed widespread sales of ...
Thu, October 14, 2010
CVS Caremark settles U.S. meth investigation
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A CVS Caremark Corp subsidiary agreed to pay $77.6 million to settle an investigation that it unlawfully sold a key ...
Fri, October 01, 2010
More Charges Filed In Meth Bust
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) - More charges have been filed in the case of a Kalamazoo man who rammed a Sheriff's department patrol car, injuring a ...
Mon, September 27, 2010
Five Children Found In Meth House
COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP (WKZO) -- Van Buren County Deputies pulled the string on an assault case and it unraveled into a drug bust and possibly a ...
Fri, September 24, 2010
Two More In Custody In Meth Case
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- The second and third suspects from Monday night’s run in between two Kalamazoo County deputies and a couple of Meth Tweakers ...
Tue, September 21, 2010
Kalamazoo Deputy Injured In Meth Bust
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- A Kalamazoo County Deputy suffered a head injury when he was slammed thru a car window, after a pair of meth addicts ...
Mon, September 13, 2010
Indiana Woman Dies In Meth Lab Explosion In Constantine
CONSTANTINE (WTVB) - St. Joseph County authorities say a meth lab explosion in a pole barn in Constantine Township has taken the life of an ...
Fri, September 03, 2010
Nearby Meth Bust
Another meth lab bust, this time in neighboring St Joseph County. It happened Thursday afternoon in the 50000 block of North Burr Oak Road ...
Mon, August 30, 2010
Meth Lab Found In Bronson Home
BRONSON (WTVB) - A working meth lab in a home in the city of Bronson was busted early today following a traffic stop by city ...
Fri, August 27, 2010
Sturgis Responders Found Patient Inhaling Meth
STURGIS (WKZO) - Sturgis Police have charged a young woman after responders initially were called to a home regarding a woman having a seizure. It ...
Thu, July 29, 2010
Meth use in pregnancy endangers mom and baby
By Anne Harding
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research shows that babies born to methamphetamine-using moms face much higher risks of serious complications, compared ...
Fri, May 28, 2010
Meth Lab Causes Car Fire
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) --We doubt auto insurance will cover a meth lab explosion. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office is looking into a vehicle fire ...
Tue, May 18, 2010
Fire Was Caused By Meth Lab
PAVILION TOWNSHIP (WKZO) -- Kalamazoo County Deputies are now confirming that a fire that gutted a double-wide mobile home at the Pavilion Estates on Saturday ...
Mon, May 17, 2010
May Have Been A Meth Lab Explosion
PAVILION TOWNSHIP (WKZO) -- There was an explosion in Pavilion Township Saturday night that investigators believe was triggered by a runaway meth lab. Witnesses say ...
Thu, April 08, 2010
Charges filed against members of suspected Wausau meth ring
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Three of six people arrested in a series of drug raids in Wausau have been held on cash bonds.
Three people ...
Wed, April 07, 2010
Meth Bust In Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK(WKZO) -- They are the worst kind of meth-heads. Battle Creek Police say they got a tip that something didn’t smell right ...
Thu, April 01, 2010
Meth Lab Caused Fire At Fox Ridge Apartments
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- Two Kalamazoo men have pled guilty to building a meth lab that lead to a fire at Fox Ridge Apartments in June ...
Thu, April 01, 2010
Cassopolis Woman Sentenced For Large Meth Lab
CASS COUNTY (WKZO) -- A Cassopolis woman has been sentenced to six years in jail for running what prosecutors say may have been Michigan's ...
Thu, March 25, 2010
Kalamazoo Sheriff’s Department Checking For Meth Dumps
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- It’s time to take out the trash. A special detachment of the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Department has spent the last ...
Tue, March 16, 2010
Paw Paw Meth Bust
VAN BUREN COUNTY (WKZO) -- He must have been sampling the merchandise. A man with a pouch filled with individually packaged baggies of Methamphetamine must ...
Thu, March 11, 2010
Meth Lab Explosion Burns Two In St Joe County
CONSTANTINE (WKZO) -- There has been another exploding meth lab. It happened early yesterday in the 14-thousand block of Riverside Drive near Constantine in St ...
Tue, March 02, 2010
Meth Cook Sentenced To Federal Prison
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP (WKZO) -- It’s an oversized jail sentence for a Kalamazoo meth cook, but Randy Massey was not your typical methamphetamine maker. The ...
Wed, February 24, 2010
Meth Bust In Van Buren County
PAW PAW(WKZO) -- Two men face various drug, resisting and retail fraud charges after they were confronted by Van Buren County Deputies as they ...
Mon, February 22, 2010
Meth Bust In Sturgis
STURGIS (WKAZO)-- Rule #1 if you are going to be engaged in an on-going criminal activity, try to avoid drawing the attention of the ...
Wed, February 10, 2010
Cass County Police Found 188 One-Pot Meth Labs
CASS COUNTY -- They got sloppy, literally and now it’s led to their convictions. The owner of a home on Calvin Center Road in ...
Thu, February 04, 2010
Suspected Meth Lab Explosion Critically Injures Man
(Paw Paw, MI) -- A man remains in critical condition following what's believed to be a meth lab explosion in Van Buren County yesterday ...
Thu, February 04, 2010
Paw Paw Man May Have Been Burned By Meth Lab Explosion
PAW PAW -- A 51 year old is being treated for burns over most of his body after what police say may have been a ...
Tue, February 02, 2010
Coldwater Man Sentenced For Meth Lab
A Coldwater man lashed out in court Monday blaming the justice system and the increased use of meth in Branch County for his own ...
Fri, January 08, 2010
Portage Man Hurt In Meth Explosion
PORTAGE -- It’s an occupational hazard for a Meth addict, sometimes you get burned. A 26 year old Hartford man is being treated for ...
Mon, December 14, 2009
Teen survey shows drops in meth use, smoking
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Methamphetamine use and smoking among U.S. teens has dropped significantly in recent years, but declines in marijuana use have stalled, according ...
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