Sheriff's Deputies Make Meth Bust In Home Facing Foreclosure; Tenant, Two Others Face Multiple Charges

In Cornville, Arizona, The Daily Courier reports:

• Yavapai County Sheriff's deputies arrested three people Sunday in Cornville on charges including possession of drug paraphernalia after they found methamphetamine, meth pipes and an improvised explosive device inside a home and a blue Chevy Blazer.

• Deputies answered a call about a burglary in progress at a home [...] that neighbors knew was in foreclosure, and found Susan Quade, 48, of Cornville, Tana Elliott, 31, of Glendale, and Craig Gast, 49, of Phoenix getting ready to leave in the Blazer. Deputies then took them into custody, said Dwight D'Evelyn, spokesman for the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office.

• When deputies called the homeowner, they learned that Quade was renting the home. Deputies found several meth pipes inside the home, and Quade told them she and her friends were getting ready to use meth when deputies arrived, D'Evelyn said.(1)

For the story, see Deputies arrest three after finding meth, explosive device.

See also The Arizona Republic: 3 arrested in Cornville after deputies find meth, explosive device.

(1) Hopefully for the current owner (or a new owner if the house is foreclosed), any property damage to the home that may have resulted by meth contamination is minimal, thereby possibly minimizing the cost of the necessary decontamination. See San Francisco Chronicle: Homes once used as meth labs can leave an invisible legacy.

Go here for earlier posts on the lasting legacy left in homes due to the production or use of methamphetimine. meth lab