Police News : Police discover meth lab during drug roundup

Published 12:00 am Thursday, August 16, 2007

During Wednesday’s drug roundup, a methamphetamine laboratory was found at 74 Marcum Lane in Scottsville.

Tracey Roark, 36, and James Roark, 38, who live at the address, were each charged with unlawful possession of a meth precursor. Denatured alcohol, ether, acetone and other meth laboratory ingredients were found at the residence.

Additional charges are pending against the Roarks, according to a report from Kentucky State Police Drug Enforcement Special Investigations West.

A total of 15 people were taken into custody Wednesday after being indicted earlier. Three people had also been charged before the roundup.

Everyone arrested in the roundup has been charged with unlawful possession of a meth precursor. They are: Brandi Meredith, 25, 601 W. Main St., Scottsville; Jennifer Clement, 34, 707 Landmark Drive, Scottsville; John Michael Carter, 21, 217 N. Welch St., Scottsville; Robert Dewayne Carter, 24, 749 Woodlane Circle Drive, Scottsville; Sara Keen, 38, 216 S. Dixon St., Scottsville; Joie Meredith, 37, 346 Papa Court, Brownsville; Truman Meredith, 40, 137 Vincent St., Brownsville; Fred Clayton, 35, 284 Hayden St., Park City; Sean Gosnell, 39, 2593 Plantation Way, Douglasville, Ga.; Richard Lindsey, 41, 927 Barber Way; Windy Lindsey, 927 Barber Way; Linda Barnett, 41, 1402 Parkside Drive Apt. B; and Crystal Moorehead, 25, 1412 Clayton Circle.

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The three people charged prior to the roundup were Angela Harris, 33, 1010 Hardway Court, Lot 43, Franklin; Jacquline Spivey, 44, 1550 Craft Road, Franklin and Jerry Bellar, 32, 2013 Anderson Store Road, Lewisburg.

A 26-year-old Bowling Green man said he had a gun fired at him at 9:47 p.m. Wednesday in an alley in the 1100 block of Kentucky Street, according to a Bowling Green Police Department report.

The victim stated he had been involved in a verbal altercation with another man and the man pulled a small handgun and fired one shot, according to the report. The man then fled the scene. The victim did not know the identity of the person who shot at him.

Arrest – Deric Antoine Carter, 29, 1021 McElroy Way, was charged with four counts of second-degree criminal possession of a forged instruments at 4:14 p.m. Wednesday at the Warren County Regional Jail at 920 Kentucky St.

Carter was interviewed at the jail and admitted to forging the four checks, according to a city police report.

He remains in custody on $22,500 bond.

Theft – A computer was stolen between 7 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday from Sam’s Club at 3200 Ken Bale Boulevard.

The computer was taken by a man described as being about 5-foot 10-inches tall, weighing about 165 pounds and is in his 30s. The man is also bald and was wearing a sportscoat, blue jeans and a white dress shirt when seen on camera at the store, according to a city police report.

The computer was valued at $1,000.

Theft – Dry wall tools, valued at $2,800, were stolen between 9:30 p.m.. and 10:10 p.m. Tuesday from a truck pared at Best Value Inn at 250 Cumberland Trace Road, according to a city police report.