An active felony warrant and two separate meth labs kept Warsaw Police Dept. officers busy Thursday. According to a WPD release, around 11 a.m. Thursday detectives and narcotics officers served a felony arrest warrant at 221 N. Columbia St., Warsaw, on Tyler Clements, 20, for theft of a handgun. While serving the warrant, police found evidence of Clements dealing in heroin and marijuana. Additional felony charges for dealing were forwarded to the Kosciusko County Prosecutor’s Office this morning. Also during the arrest, police found and confiscated a shotgun. Clements is being held at the Kosciusko County Jail with no bond. Around 2 p.m. Thursday, narcotics officers responded to 4936 W. Lakeview Park Drive, near Palestine, southwest of Warsaw, after undercover purchases and a tip that there was an active meth lab. Officers found three subjects at the residence in the process of manufacturing meth and found an active one-pot meth lab. Police arrested 41-year-old Brian K. Jackson, and his sister, D Ann Jackson, 34, both of Warsaw, for manufacturing methamphetamine, possession of meth and possession of precursors to the manufacture of meth. All charges are felonies and both are being held without bond. Police also arrested 22-year-old, Krystal E. Quisenberry, Warsaw, on misdemeanor charges of visiting a common nuisance, and possession of paraphernalia. Then around 4:30 p.m., Warsaw Police received a tip that there was an active meth lab at 235 Eisenhower Parkway on the south side of Warsaw. Warsaw detectives and patrol officers responded and obtained consent where they located four active meth labs. Roy Skeens, 30, Warsaw, was taken into custody and charged with felony manufacturing meth, and possession of chemical reagents/precursors to the manufacture of meth. He also was charged with a misdemeanor offense of false informing for providing a false name and information to investigators. Skeens also had two active felony warrants for probation violations. Police also charged 28-year-old Amanda L. Smith, Warsaw, with felony manufacturing meth and possession of chemical reagents/precursors to the manufacture of meth. Smith also was charged with misdemeanor false informing for providing false information. Skeens and Smith are both being held at the Kosciusko County Jail with no bonds. Clandestine lab teams responded to both the Lakeview Park Drive and Eisenhower Parkway locations to take possession of the active labs and remove the dangerous chemicals involved. Child protective services also was notified because children are usually present at the Lakeview Park Drive and the Eisenhower Parkway locations, but none were present at the time. Warsaw Police narcotics officers, detectives and patrol officers were assisted by the Indiana State Police, Winona Lake Police, Mentone Police and the Kosciusko County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.
