Mail order meth lab?:Officers believe meth supplies may have come from a catalog

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard

McMinnville Police Investigator Lt. Derwin Adcock inventories an alleged meth lab found inside a residence on Bell Street Wednesday evening. (Duane Sherrill photo)

Three people were arrested Wednesday evening when police raided a Bell Street residence, seizing a methamphetamine lab consisting of several components lawmen believe were obtained by mail order catalog.

The suspects, Janet Osborne, Donovon Wood and Chris Kight are each charged with manufacture of meth.

According to McMinnville Police Investigator Lt. Derwin Adcock, the discovery came after a Department of Children’s’ Services agent went to the house along with a police escort to investigate a referral concerning Osborne’s children. While the children were not in the home, police noticed several items commonly used in the production of meth, lying in plain view.

When police returned with a search warrant, they discovered numerous lab components, stored both on the main floor and inside a recreation room downstairs. A small amount of meth was also reportedly found on Wood’s person.

Amongst the components were several pieces of high-quality glassware pieces, similar to what police recalled seeing years ago when the meth problem first came to light. According to Adcock, a mail order catalog with lab products was found in the house, prompting lawmen to believe the glassware and some of the other lab components were ordered by catalog.

In addition to the high-quality components, Adcock said printouts were found, suggesting a recipe to make meth had been downloaded from the Internet.