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Man Brings Active Meth Lab to Sheriff's Office
By Sue Caldwell, Reporter/Staff Writer
In a report from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, on Monday, February 20th at approximately 3:40 pm, a local man walked into the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office with a container which he believed to be a meth lab.
It was reported, that upon further investigation by Deputy Sizemore and Deputy Goforth, the contents of the bag were in fact an active one step meth lab. Sheriff Peyman immediately contacted D.E.S.I. who came to the Sheriff’s Office to dismantle and to neutralize the active ingredient.
Couple arrested on meth related charges
By Sue Caldwell, Reporter/Staff Writer
In a Uniform Citation from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department signed by Deputy Lynn Goforth on Tuesday, February 14th, The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department received an anonymous tip in reference to meth being made at the residence of Michael W. and April L. Harrison on Lodge Hall Road North of Sand Gap.
According to Goforth, after checking records they found that April Harrison had made a purchase of Sudafed that day. When they arrived at the residence, they received consent to search from Harrison and found a one step meth lab along with an HCL Generator. Liquid fire was also found in a bedroom closet and aluminum foil was found under the bed.