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Police find meth lab at Salt Lake home
April 8th, 2008 @ 4:05pm
Andrew Adams and Courtney Orton reporting

Salt Lake City Narcotics officers busted a meth lab overnight. Police say surveillance equipment around the house tipped them off that something might be going on inside the home near 1100 East and 2700 South.

Sgt. Richard Lewis, of the Salt Lake City Narcotics Unit, says, "It's either to deter us or make us nervous. It is a big tip off that something might be going on here."

So, this morning police served a search warrant and found drug paraphernalia, hypodermic needles and a portable meth lab stuffed into a bag.

Lewis said, "It's very small amounts, just enough to sell and use. But they're still very volatile and give off the same emissions of chemicals that a big lab does."

Officers had to be decontaminated, and the health department determined the house was not safe to live in.

In addition to potential drug charges, 43-year-old Paul Dodge could face elderly endangerment charges because his mother also lived in the house. Dodge was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail. His mother is staying somewhere else.

It's the fourth bust in less than a month, and this one is a little different because the house had a surveillance system. Authorities say tough enforcement here in Utah and in Mexico is likely the reason small mobile labs like the one busted this morning are popping up.

E-mail: aadams@ksl.com

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Report of Suspicious Car Leads to Arrests August 10th, 2006 @ 7:17am Gene Kennedy Reporting A suspicious car in a Maverik parking lot leads to a surprising discovery. "Usually they have a legitimate reason for being there. But occasionally we find something like this," authorities say. People often call police to report suspicious behavior, and many times it turns out to be nothing. Last night, though, a citizen complained about something he saw at a Maverik station, and it led to a couple of arrests. A citizen saw a car parked at the Maverick at 300 W. 1700 South for a long time. It didn't feel right, and once police got there they understood why someone complained. When officers questioned the man in a red Honda, they found out he had outstanding warrants, for what, we're not sure. Police say the man and the woman with him both had meth on them, so police cuffed them and searched the car. Lt. Dave Cracroft, Salt Lake City Police: "At that point the car was going to be impounded. So upon an inventory search they found other items in the car-- precursors and glassware belonging to a meth lab." Police found ephedrine pills, also iodine. They say it was a partial-portable meth lab sitting in the Maverik parking lot. It was enough of a concern that police called the fire department to decontaminate the suspects on scene, hose them down and give them clean clothes so they could be booked into jail. All this took place as customers were pulling up in the Maverik station and filling up their gas tanks. The complaint call came in at 8:00 last night, and police were still on scene cleaning up the clandestine lab around midnight. Both the man and woman are in jail this morning, but police are not releasing their names.
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More meth labs could start showing up March 28th, 2008 @ 10:04pm Courtney Orton reporting Three meth labs busted in two Southern Utah cities in just one day. That's not typical, considering that narcotics officers seized only three meth labs in Utah all last year. But Utah could start seeing more meth labs pop up again. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the number of meth labs in Utah has decreased in the last several years and so has the drug's quality. That's the reason narcotics officers believe users will again start making their own at home. Brad, with the Washington County Drug Task Force says, "They want to use good stuff. So they might start to cook their own again and just make small amounts for their personal use." That's what Washington County narcotics officers say was going on inside a home on Rocky Road in an upscale St. George neighborhood and at another home in Bloomington Hills. "When the parents were gone, they would set up their cook and cook their meth at the house without the parents being aware of it," Brad said. When officers entered the home's garage, they were overcome by fumes and had to be rushed to the hospital. The man authorities think was cooking meth at the house is still at large, but police arrested a couple of his friends. Forty-four-year-old David Acampora was arrested at another home in Bloomington Hills after officers found meth lab equipment, chemicals and the finished product in his possession. And 24-year-old Tamitha Hamill was arrested when police found the same thing at her home in Santa Clara. "These are the first labs we've had in southern Utah in the last two years," Brad said. It's the result of new laws that restrict access to ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, the drugs essential to manufacturing methamphetamine. Drug officers say when users can't get their hands on those drugs, they'll try just about anything. "This time they had cough syrup that had some pseudoephedrine in it. I've never seen them extract pseudoephedrine from it, but they might start to try," Brad said. The price of meth is also up. Today an ounce costs more than $1,600 compared to the $700 price tag meth had in years past. Drug Task Force officers say that is another reason these mom-and-pop type meth labs could start popping up. http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=2955694
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Police find mobile meth lab March 5th, 2008 @ 10:04pm (KSL News) A mobile methampetamine lab created a traffic jam today in Provo. Police pulled over the driver for speeding. They noticed chemicals in the car commonly used to make methampetamine. Investigators put on hazmat suits before searching the evidence. They arrested the driver, Timothy Lamoreaux, who admitted to officers he had tried to make meth. Officers call Lamoreaux a repeat offender. http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=2795415
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