Published: July 07, 2008 08:10 am      

Three Bereans are indicted on meth charges

Three Berea residents were indicted Thursday by a Madison County grand jury on methamphetamine-related charges.

Garrett Adams, 25, and Gary Owens, 46, were charged with manufacturing meth and first-degree possession of a controlled substance.

Owens also was charged with unlawful possession of a meth precursor, first offense, and two counts of first-degree persistent felony offender.

Adams also was charged with second-degree persistent felony offender.

Rebecca Adams, 32, was charged with complicity to manufacture meth and unlawful distribution of a meth precursor.

Central Kentucky Area Drug Task Force officers raided the Old Wallacetown Road home of Owens in February after receiving a complaint from a concerned citizen about meth being cooked inside.

A search warrant was executed at the home, which led to the discovery of several meth ingredients.

“It was not active,” CKADTF Director Rick Johnson said at the time about the discovery. “It looked like they had been cooking recently and were in the preparatory stages of cooking again.”

In the attic of the home, Johnson said he found a big, round cooler that contained what was believed to be ammonia nitrate and drain cleaner used to make anhydrous ammonia — a key meth ingredient.

While in the process of searching the home, Madison County Sheriff’s Deputy Tim Humble notified officers that a theft victim reported he had received an anonymous call that “his property was located in a meth bust,” an MCSO citation stated.

Humble gave task force officers descriptions of the property, which was located inside the home.

In a separate indictment, Owens and Garrett Adams also were charged with receiving stolen property valued at more than $300.

If convicted on all charges, Owens could face up to 60 years in prison, Garrett Adams could serve up to 50 years in prison and Rebecca Adams could serve up to 25 years in prison.

The grand jury also indicted a 26-year-old Broadhead woman for manufacturing meth while dismissing without prejudice charges against two others who were arrested in the May 19 incident.

The Berea Wal-Mart alerted the Berea Police Department after a man and two women purchased a quantity of Coleman lantern fuel, rock salt and a coil of plastic tubing — items police said could be used to produce meth.

Under Kentucky law, possession of only two items useful in the process are probable cause for a manufacturing charge, Capt. Ken Clark of the Berea Police Department said at the time.

Wal-Mart employees gave police a description and license number of the auto in which the three left the store.

Police officers stopped the vehicle near mile marker 74 on Interstate 75.

After discovering the tubing, salt and fuel, Clark said officers then arrested Heather R. Doan, 29, and Erica R. Stewart, 26, both of Brodhead, and Bryan D. Phillips, 32, of Mt. Vernon.

All three were charged with manufacturing methamphetamine and lodged in the Madison County Detention Center.

However, the grand jury returned an order of dismissal without prejudice against Doan and Phillips.

Stewart was indicted and faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

The grand jury also indicted:

• James W. Baker, 39, Timothy M. Cleveland, 35, Benjamin W. Lucas, 30, all of Villa Drive, Richmond, and Dawn Baker, age and address unknown, first-degree burglary, second-degree burglary, first-degree criminal mischief and two counts of third-degree burglary. If convicted, each defendant could serve up to 45 years in prison.

• Hollie G. Gordon, 29, of Blackberry Lane, Berea, third-degree burglary and three counts of second-degree forgery. If convicted, Gordon could serve up to 20 years in prison. (RPD).

• Paul Michael Walker, 24, of Winchester, five counts of third-degree rape and four counts of third-degree sodomy. If convicted, Walker could serve up to 45 years in prison. (KSP).

• Charles Walton, 45, of Mt. Vernon, third-degree assault and operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol/drugs, aggravated, second offense. If convicted, Walton could serve up to five years in prison. (RPD).

• Linda G. Jones, 49, of Park Lane, Richmond, first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance. If convicted, Jones could serve up to 10 years in prison. (RPD).

• William McIntosh Jr., 66, of East Irvine Street, Richmond, two counts of second-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and third-degree trafficking in a controlled substance. If convicted, McIntosh Jr. could serve up to 20 years in prison, 12 months in jail and face a $500 fine. (RPD).

• Bryan L. Woolery, 25, of Ravenna, two counts of theft by unlawful taking and one count of theft by deception, and Alicia D. McGee, 23, of London, two counts of theft by unlawful taking. (KSP).

If convicted, Woolery could serve up to 15 years in prison and McGee could serve up to 10 years in prison.

• Roderick K. Benson, 27, address unknown, first-degree criminal mischief. If convicted, Benson could serve up to five years in prison. (RPD).

• Leslie Wayne Riel, 60, address unknown, receiving stolen property. If convicted, Riel could serve up to five years in prison. (RPD).

• Jessica Day, 26, of Richmond Road, Berea, unlawful possession of a meth precursor, first offense. If convicted, Day could serve up to five years in prison. (CKADTF).

• Teresa Richardson, 42, of Burnside, first-degree possession of controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, second offense, and second-degree persistent felony offender. If convicted, Richardson could serve up to 20 years in prison. (RPD).

• Aaron P. Finn, 25, of Big Hill Avenue, Richmond, first-degree possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and third-degree possession of a controlled substance. If convicted, Finn could serve up to five years in prison, 24 months in jail and a face $1,000 fine. (RPD).

• Joseph G. Fryer, age and address unknown, second-degree disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and fourth-degree assault. If convicted, Fryer could serve up to 30 months in jail and face a $1,250 fine.

• Lonnie Day Lewis, age and address unknown, third-degree sexual abuse. If convicted, Lewis could serve up to six months in jail and face a $250 fine. (RPD).

The grand jury also dismissed charges without prejudice against Kimberly Combess and Donna Kay Breland.

An indictment is a formal accusation of a crime and does not establish guilt.