DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, 2009, THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION BEGAN RECEIVING INFORMATION ON SEVERAL SUBJECTS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND ALSO THE MASS PURCHASE OF PSEUDOEPHEDRINE PILLS. THE INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED JOINTLY BY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT CRIMINAL DIVISION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY CORRECTION.

ON 11-18-09, SHERIFF DAVID LUCAS AND INVESTIGATOR DAVID PLATT RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT MARCUS SHANE BOYSTER HAD ITEMS USED TO MANUFACTURE METHAMPHETAMINE OUTSIDE HIS RESIDENCE. THE OFFICERS WENT TO THE RESIDENCE AND MADE CONTACT WITH A FEMALE SUBJECT AT THE RESIDENCE WHO STATED THAT SHE HAD FOUND THE ITEMS AND DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THEY CAME FROM.

ON 11-19-09, MAJOR CHARLES VAUGHN AND INVESTIGATOR PLATT OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND OFFICER MARCUS GUTHRIE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY CORRECTION WENT TO BOYSTER'S RESIDENCE AND UPON CONDUCTING A PAROLE SEARCH, DISCOVERED ITEMS OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, MARIJUANA AND ITEMS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND SPECIFICALLY THE "ONE-POT" METHOD. BOYSTER WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.

ON 11-20-09, INVESTIGATOR PLATT AND OFFICER GUTHRIE WENT TO THE RESIDENCE OF HEATHER MARIE SMART TO CONDUCT A PAROLE SEARCH. UPON THEIR ARRIVAL, THREE SUBJECTS FLED FROM THE REAR OF THE RESIDENCE AND WERE IMMEDIATELY APPREHENDED. THE SUBJECTS WERE IDENTIFIED AS DONNIE ARNOLD CARLTON, CHRISTOPHER FISCHER AND LAUREN ELAINE BILLINGSLEY.

THE OFFICERS THEN DISCOVERED A CAMO JACKET LYING ON THE GROUND NEAR THE THREE. UPON SEARCHING THE JACKET, A "ONE-POT" BOTTLE WAS FOUND THAT CONTAINED CAMP FUEL AND PSEUDOEPHEDRINE PILLS ALONG WITH A BOTTLE OF AMMONIA NITRATE AND A PRESCRIPTION BOTTLE WITH FISCHER'S NAME ON THE LABEL. ALL THREE WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.

THE OFFICERS THEN MADE CONTACT WITH SMART AND UPON SEARCHING HER RESIDENCE, THE OFFICERS FOUND OTHER ITEMS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND SHE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.

DURING THE INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PSEUDOEPHEDRINE PILL PURCHASES STARTED IN JUNE OF 2009 AND THAT MOST OF THE PILLS WERE GOING TO BOYSTER.

ALL FIVE SUSPECTS WERE FORMALLY CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO MANUFACTURE A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - METHAMPHETAMINE AND ARE AWAITING TRIAL.