Friday, March 23, 2012

Meth Lab Bust In Kanawha County

{Diamond, West Virginia}...State Police went to a home on Kanawha Avenue in the Diamond area about 6:30 P.M. Thursday after receiving a tip about drug activity. Troopers searched an outbuilding at the home and found 50 year old Melvin Butcher of Winifrede and Amanda Fassnacht of Shrewsbury making a shake-and-bake style meth lab. Butcher and Fassnacht have both been charged with conspiracy to make meth, attempting to operate a meth lab, unlawful storage of anhydrous ammonia and possession of pseudoephedrine in an altered state.