TMP Reports
Posted: Monday, January 25, 2010 2:32 pm

While responding to a fight call, Murfreesboro Police discovered a methamphetamine lab at Knight’s Inn motel about 9 a.m. Saturday on South Church Street.

This is the third methamphetamine lab discovered this month in Murfreesboro, spokesman Kyle Evans said.

Officer Tracey Womack cracked open the door of the room where she smelled chemicals and saw white smoke.

“I saw a Mountain Dew bottle containing liquid with hoses running out of the top,” Womack reported.

Police evacuated one wing of the motel while Officer Mick Rea and Detective Garry Templeton suited up in hazardous materials gear and dismantled the illegal lab. The Tennessee Meth Task Force took control of the cleanup, expected to cost at least $3,000.

Warrants were obtained charging two men in the room with initiating the process to manufacture methamphetamine, possession of Schedule II drugs and felony reckless endangerment.

Officer Bryant Smith reported the suspects accused of making the methamphetamine apparently got into a fight. Victim Tatjana Thorpe of Lambeth Drive was pushed through a window during the fight. Paramedics treated her for minor cuts.

Officer Anthony Whitehead responded to Middle Tennessee Medical Center where Tommy Owen was treated after two men threw him through a window during the fight.