STAKEOUT NETS ARMED EX-CON AT DRUG-LAB HOME.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer LANCASTER - An ex-convict wanted on drug, firearm firearm, device consisting essentially of a straight tube to propel shot, shell, or bullets by the explosion of gunpowder. Although the Chinese discovered gunpowder as early as the 9th cent., they did not develop firearms until the mid-14th cent. and stolen property charges was arrested Tuesday night after a several hour stakeout stake·out n. Surveillance of an area, building, or person, especially by the police. stakeout Noun Slang, chiefly US & Canad a police surveillance of an area or house Verb by Lancaster sheriff's narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. deputies of his isolated trailer home. Deputies suspected 37-year-old Robert Manning
Founding member and first violinist of the Juilliard String Quartet for 52 years, American Robert Mann (1920-) is also a composer, conductor and mentor to younger generations of string musicians. was manufacturing methamphetamine in his trailer on Avenue L and 85th Street West but were unsure as to whether he was at the location. So, dressed in camouflage clothing, Sgt. Pat Nelson and Deputy Gary Brody staked out the home while a third deputy obtained a search warrant for the trailer. Believing he was being watched, Manning armed himself with a .357 magnum revolver and began searching the bushes. When he came across the deputies hiding in the bushes, they ordered him to the ground and disarmed dis·arm v. dis·armed, dis·arm·ing, dis·arms v.tr. 1. a. To divest of a weapon or weapons. b. him. After a search of the trailer, investigators found cooking equipment for large batches of methamphetamine and a large amount of the finished product as well as a library of books including ``Secrets of Making Methamphetamine'' and several chemistry books. Deputies said Manning was wanted on a $90,000 warrant on charges of possessing drugs and a gun at the same time, being an ex-convict with a firearm and being in receipt of stolen property, all of which are felony charges. |
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