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

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.