James KinderDetectives with the Bradley County Sheriff's Office Drug Enforcement Unit have quarantined a room of a South Lee Highway motel after discovering an active meth lab there.
Kellie Ann ForgeyTwo people who were in the room when detectives arrived with a search warrant Thursday were removed due to health risks, according to a news release. The detectives had to wait about 45 minutes before they could enter the room to collect all of the lab components, including cold packs, gasser tubing, lithium batteries, Drano and shake bottles.
James Kinder, 40, and Kellie Ann Forgey, 36, each were charged with manufacturing methamphetamine and booked into the Bradley County Jail, the release states. Kinder gave his address as the room of the Diplomat Motel where the lab was found, and Forgey listed her residence on Victory Street.