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By: TMP Reports

Posted: Friday, January 1, 2010 12:33 pm

Police rescue man from meth lab in car | Methamphetamine lab, Nathan Beasley

Murfreesboro Police Detective Garry Templeton approaches a car after officers took an active meth lab out when parked at the Shell station near General Electric on Northwest Broad Street.

A man passed out at the gas pumps may have suffered the effects of an illegal methamphetamine lab in the back of his car about 10:28 a.m. Friday at a Northwest Broad Street convenience store, the Murfreesboro Police spokesman said.

When officers arrived, they discovered Nathan E. Beasley, 31, of Murfreesboro unresponsive inside the vehicle in the driver's position, spokesman Kyle Evans said. Officers quickly noticed he was in the process of cooking methamphetamine in the rear of the vehicle.

“The fluids in the bottles were in the process of chemical reaction and were actively cooking,” Evans said.

Officers removed Beasley from the vehicle and he was transported to Middle
Tennessee Medical Center by Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services. Beasley was reported to be conscious and responsive at the hospital.

The complainant was an employee of the Shell Station and advised the vehicle had been parked there for approximately one hour.

Officers are still investigating and charges are pending.

Murfreesboro Police and Murfreesboro Fire departments’ hazardous materials teams were securing and dismantling the mobile meth lab.

Tagged under Methamphetamine lab, Nathan Beasley

Member Opinions:

By: aeckfam on 1/1/10
I like the word "rescue" in the title of this article...

Maybe we should just let natural selection do its thing and it would be one less drug addicted criminal on the streets.

By: UnionLady1055 on 1/1/10
Nice looking car. I wonder what unsuspecting family will buy it? You have to have compassion for these people, but at the same time I will NEVER understand them. Locking them up does not help, when they get out, they do the same thing all over again. There is no easy solution and until the person wants help, there is nothing that can be done.

By: TheFiveO on 1/1/10
Unionlady see aeckfam, above.

By: acdsrool on 1/1/10
aeckfam...natural selection and one less drug addict is one thing but if this had blown up and caused the pumps to blow up as well there would have been multiple injuries and possible casualties. And yes, UnionLady is correct. There will be no rehab for this person until he decides he is ready to change his ways. Maybe this was his wake-up call...I certainly hope so!

By: aeckfam on 1/1/10
It was a joke (kind of).

By: aeckfam on 1/1/10
And the joke was in reference to "rescuing" the criminal...maybe the title should have referred to rescuing the gas station, the employees, and the customers from a dangerous criminal.

By: Geana on 1/2/10
I think the guy's mind is already too damaged for salvation. When their common sense is that far gone, it appears the ability to reason with them goes with it.

By: lduke on 1/2/10
Unfortunately he can still reproduce

By: mzzle on 1/4/10
Last I heard, prison doesn't supply meth. If he first survives the withdrawal and then survives prison, hopefully that will be a good start towards rehabilitation. Thankfully nobody else was hurt.

By: mad_mama on 1/6/10
I unfortunately know this person. I dont think rehab could even help him. He needs to be in prison where he can't hurt anyone else. He has been doing this for YEARS and been caught several times and keeps getting away with it! And some poor girl probably just lost her car because he cant keep a job to buy one!

By: chewiechewie on 1/8/10
i know this guy for about 15 years and he is a good guy just got in trouble and ppl should not judge so fast and the car was his mad mama and he did work