Meth lab raided in Smoke Bend

Six persons have been arrested following a methamphetamine lab bust on Jan. 11 at a house in the Smoke Bend area of  Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish Chief Deputy Tony Bacala said Wednesday.

Narcotics Division investigators worked from information received on that day that there was a working methamphetamine lab at home in Smoke Bend, and that there were small children in the home, Bacala said.

Investigators obtained a search warrant, and that evening, accompanied by members of the Juvenile and Criminal Investigations divisions, executed the warrant at the residence of Mickey “Weeby” Stevenson, 30, 35104 Hwy 1 North.

Due to the volatile nature of the ingredients used to cook crystal meth, Bacala said members of the Sheriff’s Haz-Mat team accompanied the Narcotics Division on the search warrant.

Authorities found a four-year-old and a five-year-old in the home along with six adults, according to the chief deputy.

The sheriff’s office juvenile division took custody of the children and subsequently turned them over to State Office of Child Services.

The six adults were taken into custody by the narcotic team after the meth lab was located in the home along with a small amount of marijuana and cocaine, Bacala said.

The meth lab was secured and removed from the home by the Haz-Mat team. 

Arrested were:

• Stevenson, 30, of 35104 Hwy 1 North Donaldsonville; charged with creation of a clandestine lab, possession of CDS in presence of a person under age 17,  and possession of drug paraphernalia. He is currently incarcerated in the Ascension Parish Jail on a $125,326.50 set by Judge Thomas Kliebert.

• Brittany Navarre, 21, of  Monterey Avenue,  Apt. 103,  Baton Rouge; charged with creation of a clandestine lab, possession of CDS in presence of a person under age 17,  possession of drug paraphernalia, and contempt of court (felony bench warrant). She is currently incarcerated in the Ascension Parish Jail on a $100,326.50 set by Kliebert.

• Nolan Tamplain, 51, of  202 Hood Street, Donaldsonville;  charged with creation of a clandestine lab, possession of CDS in presence of a person under age 17,  possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of cocaine. He is currently incarcerated in the Ascension Parish Jail on a $150,326.50 set by Kliebert.

• Troy Thomas, 24, of 512 Nicholls Street, Donaldsonville; charged with creation of a clandestine lab, possession of CDS in  presence of a person under age 17, and possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. He is currently incarcerated in the Ascension Parish Jail on a $101,053 set by Kliebert.

• Chelsey Valentine, 21, of 820 Church Street, Donaldsonville;  charged with creation of a clandestine lab, possession of CDS in  presence of person under age 17, possession of drug paraphernalia and contempt of a court bench warrant. Valentine is the mother of the two children turned over to OCS, according to Bacala, and she is currently incarcerated in the Ascension Parish Jail on a $100,326.50 bond set by Kliebert.

• Alyssa Ashmore, 20, of 3019 6th Street, Lot 6 Berwick, La., was arrested and charged with creation of a clandestine lab, possession of CDS in presence of person under age 17, and possession of drug paraphernalia. She is currently incarcerated in the Ascension Parish Jail on a $100,326.50 set by Kliebert.