Child Found In Home Near Meth Dump Site

Robbins, TN (2011-01-04) Acting on a compliant that a child was living in an environment where methamphetamine may have been manufactured, the Scott County Sheriff’s Department and the Department of Children Services went to a Robbins home Tuesday afternoon. While officers didn’t find any methamphetamine inside the house, authorities allegedly found the toxic waste of multiple simple cooking apparatuses outside the residence.

Around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, the Scott County Sheriff’s Department and case workers from the Department of Children’s Services went to a residence located behind the Dead Zone bar in Robbins to investigate allegations of child endangerment. Authorities were reportedly acting on a complaint that methamphetamine was being manufactured at the home, which was inhabited by one or more children.

Inside the house, authorities didn’t find any evidence of drug activity; however, outside the home officers reportedly found the remains of approximately 30 one-pot-method cooking apparatuses. The toxic waste, stated authorities, was strewn over approximately two acres near the house.

Megan Woodward of Robbins and Obie Stephens of Williamsburg, KY were arrested in connection with the dump site. Both were charged with the promotion of the manufacture of methamphetamine.

The Department of Children’s Services also took a six-month-old female infant from the home and placed her into protective custody.

Stephens, stated authorities, is current awaiting trial for meth-related charges in Kentucky. Stephens is reportedly scheduled to appear in a Williamsburg courtroom on January 18, 2011 to face meth making charges, along with four counts of child endangerment.

The Tennessee Methamphetamine Drug Task Force, an Eagle Environmental Services haz-mat team, and the Huntsville Fire Department assisted the Sheriff’s Department in the dump site cleanup.