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
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 ...
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 ...
Mon, January 30, 2012
Meth Bust
SHERWOOD , MI (WTVB) - Branch County’s latest meth lab suspects are scheduled to be formally charged today in district court. A 40-year old man ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Fri, August 26, 2011
Meth Lab Clean-up in Bethel Township
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) Branch County Sheriff’s deputies and a special drug disposal company spent Thursday afternoon and evening cleaning up another meth manufacturing ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Tue, June 07, 2011
Quincy Man Sentenced In Meth Case
QUINCY, MI (WTVB) - A Quincy man is headed to prison after pleading guilty in a meth case. Branch County Circuit Court Judge Bill O ...
Fri, May 20, 2011
Meth Clean-up Problem
COLDWATER (WTVB) - Branch County Sheriff Warren Cannon has scheduled meetings with St. Joseph County Sheriff Bradley Balk to discuss the methamphetamine clean up issue ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Thu, January 27, 2011
Meth Lab Bust
UNION TOWNSHIP (WTVB) - The combination of an active meth lab and a wood burning stove in the same home was the danger facing Branch ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Sat, November 06, 2010
Another Meth Bust
BRONSON (WTVB) - Another meth lab discovery in Branch County. Fresh off an 8-hour bust and clean up duty Thursday in Sherwood Township with two ...
Fri, November 05, 2010
Meth Lab Bust In Sherwood
SHERWOOD (WTVB) - Two people are in custody and two kids have been turned over to Child Protective Services after Branch County Deputies spent 8 ...
Sat, October 30, 2010
Sherwood Meth Lab Bust
SHERWOOD TWP (WTVB) - Police are still on the lookout for a Sturgis man, but they do have a Sherwood area man behind bars after ...
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 ...
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 ...
Tue, August 31, 2010
Meth Lab In Bronson
BRONSON (WTVB) - A 45-year old Bronson man is being held on 75-thousand dollars bond after being charged Monday in connection with a working meth ...
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 ...
Mon, May 24, 2010
Pair Arrested On Meth Charges
BRONSON (WTVB) - A man and woman from Bronson are in the Branch County jail after being arrested following a traffic stop that authorities said ...
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 ...
Thu, March 11, 2010
Two Burned In Meth Explosion In St Joe County
COLDWATER (WTVB) -- It’s a simple truth. People who use methamphetamine get burned one way or another. It happened early yesterday in the 14-thousand ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Wed, January 27, 2010
Branch County Meth Problem Worse Than It Seems
You’ve heard a lot about the on-going meth problem in Branch County with an increase in arrests. But it’s actually worse than ...
Wed, January 20, 2010
Quincy Township Man Pleads To Meth Charge
A Quincy Township man faces up to 40-years in prison after entering a guilty plea in a methamphetamine case. Forty year old Jeffrey Rumsey ...
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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