Traffic Stop Near Syracuse Leads To Standoff, Search, Meth Lab Bust
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Jen Gibson-jgibson@timesuniononline.com
SYRACUSE - A traffic stop turned into a tip that led to a three-hour standoff and eventually an arrest Saturday near Lake Wawasee.
The Indiana State Police made a traffic stop near the Pride Gas Station in Syracuse, and troopers received information about a possible methamphetamine lab near Lake Wawasee.
Around 2 p.m. Saturday, the Indiana State Police Emergency Response Team went to a residence at 9821 N. Marine Key Drive, Syracuse, to serve a search warrant on the suspected drug house.Before they served the warrant, officers learned that the homeowner, David C. Reed, 37, possibly had weapons in the residence. Members of the ERT tried to contact Reed by using a public announcement system, but he refused to answer.
After trying to contact Reed several times, police used a ram mounted to the front of a Humvee to get through both the front and rear doors of the home.
Reed then reportedly made contact with officers, but refused to comply with their orders, then later got into a car parked in the garage and allegedly drove through a closed garage door and rammed a Humvee parked in the driveway.
Then Reed allegedly went back into the house until he surrendered around 5 p.m., about three hours after the incident began.
Officers with the Meth Suppression Unit entered the home and reportedly found several one-pot meth reactors and a shotgun.
Reed was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail for resisting law enforcement, manufacturing methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine and possession of a firearm by a felon. He was being held on $10,000 bond.
The case remains under investigation by the Indiana State Police and more charges are possible.
