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CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – A deputy with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO), when attempting to apprehend a suspect near Madison Street and McAdoo Creek, discovered a one-pot meth lab in the suspect’s vehicle Friday.
According to Jamie Dexter with MCSO, Deputy Jacob Kent witnessed a suspect at the Sango Market who was wanted on two felony warrants. He took the suspect into custody, waited for backup, and searched the vehicle.
The suspect, James Curtis Ashby, Jr., 37, who gave a 1055 Lylewood Road address, was charged with the initiation of methamphetamine production. Heather Elaine Mauk, 29, was also booked on the same charge. Their bonds were pending upon booking.
“I noticed a set of digital scales and what appeared to be methamphetamines,” said Kent. “I saw a one-pot meth cook in the trunk of the car. I knew, from previous training, that’s what it was, and requested assistance from the 19th Judicial District Drug Task Force.”
Agents with the DTF disposed of the lab.
Photo by Jamie Dexter, Interim Public Information Officer for MCSO