Alleged meth lab found across the street from Dibrell Elementary
Two men face felony drug charges after their alleged meth lab was raided last week, directly across from Dibrell Elementary.
The suspects, Jerry Ray Trapp, 25, charged with manufacture of meth, and Johnny Leslie Argo, 33, charged with criminal attempt to manufacture meth, could also be hit with the more serious charge of possession of drugs within a school zone.
Their arrests came after deputies, acting on information narcotics were being trafficked at the location on Mike Muncey Road, raided the small block building located across the street from the entrance to the school. The building is around 200 yards from the front door of the school.
According to Sheriff Jackie Matheny, lawmen believe the men had been producing the drug there for some time and were even making the drug during school hours. Making matters worse is information they may have poured some of the highly toxic after-products of the meth production on the ground outside the building.
“This was quite a hazard,” Matheny said. “We’re glad we were able to get them because this presents quite a risk since a school was just across the street. It goes to show us that they’ll make meth anywhere.”
Continuing the theme that meth can be made anywhere, Matheny revealed lawmen raided a meth lab, one week earlier, in the cabins at Pish-La-Ki. Tish Michelle Locke, 27, and Stephanie Irene Stone, 36, who had been living in one of the cabins for a while, are both charged with manufacture of meth.