HENDERSON COUNTY, Texas (KETK) – Nine people were arrested on Tuesday in Henderson County after the sheriff’s office said they found a meth lab in production.
According to officials, investigators had searched the home in Indian Harbor in relation to a fraud investigation when they found suspected meth. A judge then issued a narcotics search warrant for the home as well.
Officials said during the search, investigators located the “suspected methamphetamine lab in production, mail from several homes and multiple Texas identification cards belonging to citizens.”
The sheriff’s office said the following people were arrested and located at the home:
- Todd Gregory, manufacturing a controlled substance over 200 grams
- David Walker, outstanding warrants
- Brittany Burruss, manufacturing a controlled substance over 200 grams and fraud
- Summer Bashaw, manufacturing a controlled substance over 200 grams
- Stephanie Smith, manufacturing a controlled substance over 200 grams
- Tina Bailey, manufacturing a controlled substance over 200 grams
- Caleb Cook, manufacturing a controlled substance over 200 grams
- Natalie Stiles-Smith, manufacturing a controlled substance over 200 grams
- Franky Williams, manufacturing a controlled substance over 200 grams
Sheriff Botie Hillhouse said the meth was found in liquid form during the search, and had not been turned into a powder when investigators found the suspected meth lab. The liquid stage the drug was found in is a first-degree felony, according to Hillhouse, and carries a penalty range of five years to 99 years in prison.
“It has been a long time since we have found components of a meth lab,” Hillhouse said.
The sheriff’s office said on Wednesday morning that all arrested are currently at the Henderson County Jail awaiting arraignment.
