Two Glenwood men have been charged with allegedly operating a “mobile meth lab” out of their rental home and a minivan.<\/p>\n
Kevin Halter, 51, was arrested while driving the minivan from his home Friday night.<\/p>\n
His roommate, George Wagner 56, was arrested later that night at their home, where more drugs and lab equipment were seized, according to a Cook County sheriff’s office release. <\/span><\/p>\n Bail was set at $75,000 for Halter on Sunday, while bail for Wagner was set at $50,000, the release said. Both men remained at the Cook County Jail on Monday.<\/p>\n County officers and federal agents spent the weekend going through their rental home in the 0-100 block of East Main Street before turning it over to the owners who were notified it must be decontaminated before it can be rented out again.<\/p>\n Methamphetamine is made with a mixture of household chemicals and over-the-counter drugs, the release said. It is considered to be highly addictive and can be extremely volatile when mixed.<\/p>\n Halter was pulled over about a block from his home. In the back of his vehicle, police found 11.7 grams of methamphetamine, worth about $1,100, along with an ammonia tank, tubes, piping and glass, as well as several drugs and chemicals used to manufacture the drug, police said.<\/p>\n Halter had spent three years in prison for methamphetamine charges filed Lawrence County, Ill., and had just been released from parole on Jan. 30, the release said.<\/p>\n He told investigators he works as a truck driver and sells his drugs to those parked at truck stops, but he also sells it to people from his home, the release said.<\/p>\n Investigators raided his Glenwood home and arrested Wagner, while also finding 3 more grams of methamphetamine, valued at $300. Additionally, police recovered more tanks, including restructured fire extinguishers and tubing to mix the chemicals.<\/p>\n Halter is charged with six felonies unlawful possession of anhydrous ammonia, unlawful participation in methamphetamine manufacturing, unlawful possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver, unlawful possession of methamphetamine, unlawful possession of anhydrous ammonia in an unauthorized container and unlawful use of property under the methamphetamine manufacturing act, the release said.<\/p>\n Police also charged him with misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia for a digital scale found in the minivan.<\/p>\n Wagner is charged with four felonies unlawful possession of methamphetamines, possession of methamphetamine manufacturing materials, unlawful use of property under the methamphetamine manufacturing act, as well as unlawfully participating in methamphetamine manufacturing.<\/p>\n Both men will appear for a preliminary hearing on March 16 at the Markham courthouse.<\/p>\n Distributed via Chicago Press Release Services<\/a><\/p>\n Two Glenwood men have been charged with allegedly operating a “mobile meth lab” out of their rental home and a minivan. Kevin Halter, 51, was arrested while driving the minivan from his home Friday night. His roommate, George Wagner 56, was arrested later that night at their home, where more drugs and lab equipment were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-350636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350636\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/img><\/a>
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