This news story was updated at 1:01 p.m.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – Police raided a Chehalis home this morning seizing more than 50 marijuana plants and arresting four individuals.
A 2-year-old child and a 3-month-old baby living in the house were turned over to Child Protective Services following the visit to the 1600 block of South Market Boulevard, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
Amber Phelps, 26, and Brandon Phelps, 27, were arrested for manufacture of a controlled substance. Tyrell Park, 24, and Crystal Carlile, 18, were arrested for multiple counts of delivery of a controlled substance, according to police.
Police Chief Glenn Schaffer said the children were sleeping next to an upstairs growing room, where the windows were covered in dark plastic.
About 10 officers from Chehalis and the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office served the search warrant about 7 a.m. at the house and adjacent garage apartment, Schaffer said.
Police also found a smaller room downstairs with starter plants, he said.
Officers seized 57 plants, growing equipment, three bags of packaged marijuana totaling more than 95 grams, another 110 grams of processed marijuana and 28 grams of seeds, Schaffer said.
The operation followed undercover purchases, according to Schaffer.
It’s the same house near W.F. West High School where late last summer previous tenants were arrested for allegedly selling Oxycontin, Methadone and Percocet.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
“Police Chief Glenn Schaffer said the children were sleeping next to an upstairs growing room, where the windows were covered in dark plastic.”
Taking children out of an unsafe environment is definitely not a waste of time. It would be nice for our headlines to read a bit more like Thurston counties though where they do focus on Meth and their police at least appear slightly less corrupt. How about we look at the up rise in heroin use here in LC. For example:
https://lewiscountysirens.com/?s=heroin
haha, yeah why are they wasting their time with some herb, get that meth crap thats destroying lives and the county!!!!
its just pot go after the freakin meth dealers!!!!!!!!!!!!!