Jefferson County police knew whom they were looking for: A computer program had flagged two men for buying illegal amounts of a cold and allergy medicine used to make methamphetamine.
Months of tips and chasing led nowhere, until police broke down a door Thursday at a home in Crystal City and found the two by chance.
The two meth cooks were using a toxic mix of chemicals to make the drug, endangering a 5-year-old in the home. As the two men lay on the floor in handcuffs, police asked the child's pregnant mother to put his shoes on so he could go outside. Once outdoors, the boy squirmed in his Spider-Man shoes.
"Hey, officer, there's something in my shoe," he said.
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Months of tips and chasing led nowhere, until police broke down a door Thursday at a home in Crystal City and found the two by chance.
The two meth cooks were using a toxic mix of chemicals to make the drug, endangering a 5-year-old in the home. As the two men lay on the floor in handcuffs, police asked the child's pregnant mother to put his shoes on so he could go outside. Once outdoors, the boy squirmed in his Spider-Man shoes.
"Hey, officer, there's something in my shoe," he said.
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