Anthony Lee French

ON SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2009, OFFICERS FROM THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A CALL OF A WELFARE CONCERN AT 428 GOAD ROAD (JACKSON COUNTY ROAD 305) TO CHECK ON A SUBJECT AT THE RESIDENCE. PRIOR TO ARRIVING, OFFICERS RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT A SUBJECT THERE AT THE RESIDENCE WAS MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE.

UPON THE OFFICERS ARRIVING, THEY OBTAINED A CONSENT TO SEARCH THE RESIDENCE AND PREMISES. IN THE OUTBUILDING, ITEMS THAT HAD BEEN USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METHAMPHETAMINE WERE FOUND. ALSO FOUND, AWAY FROM THE OUTBUILDING, IN A BURN PILE, WERE ALSO ITEMS THAT APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METHAMPHETAMINE.

AMONG THE ITEMS FOUND WERE GLASSWARE WITH RESIDUE, OLD CAMP FUEL CANS, CAMP FUEL, ALUMINUM FOIL WITH RESIDUE, BATTERIES THAT HAD BEEN CUT OR PEELED, AMMONIA NITRATE FERTILIZER AND LIQUID DRAIN OPENER. INSIDE THE RESIDENCE, IN THE SUSPECT'S BEDROOM, WERE PIECES OF ALUMINUM FOIL WITH BURNT RESIDUE. BASED ON THE ITEMS FOUND, ANTHONY LEE FRENCH WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY OFFICERS AND TRANSPORTED TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DETENTION CENTER. TWO OTHER SUBJECTS THAT WERE AT THE RESIDENCE WERE ALSO TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. ALL THREE WERE LATER INTERVIEWED BY INVESTIGATOR DAVID PLATT OF THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION.

DURING THE INTERVIEW, FRENCH ADMITTED THAT HE HAD BEEN PURCHASING SUPPLIES TO MAKE METHAMPHETAMINE AND THAT HE ALSO HAD KNOWLEDGE THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAD BEEN MAKING METHAMPHETAMINE IN THE OUTBUILDING. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE KNEW THAT THE ITEMS WERE IN THE BUILDING. THE TWO OTHER SUBJECTS WERE ALSO INTERVIEWED AND STATED THAT THEY HAD WENT TO FRENCH'S RESIDENCE AND THAT THEY HAD SMOKED MARIJUANA WITH HIM WHILE AT THE RESIDENCE.

ON MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2009, ANTHONY LEE FRENCH APPEARED IN NEWPORT DISTRICT COURT ON CHARGES OF POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA WITH INTENT TO MANUFACTURE METHAMPHETAMINE, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND MAINTAINING A DRUG PREMISES. HIS BOND WAS SET AT $50,000.00 AND HE WAS ORDERED TO APPEAR IN JACKSON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT ON APRIL 1, 2009.