The first investigation was conducted at Houser Street apartments Wednesday after police said they received information about a methamphetamine lab at an apartment.
Lt. David Bethany, Detective Larry Blount, Detective Sandra Girdner, Sgt. John Owens, and Cpl. Jeff Murray conducted a "knock and talk" at the apartment and saw a methamphetamine lab when Kyle Elliott of Sallisaw opened the door.
Elliott, 18, Brian Stobaugh, 29, and Kimberly Casias, 30, all of Sallisaw were arrested. Officers then obtained a search warrant, and reported seizing a drug lab and drugs inside the apartment.
The Sallisaw Fire Department was called to the scene to ventilate the room.
All three suspects were booked into the Sequoyah County Jail in Sallisaw on two counts of possession of precursor, manufacture of a controlled dangerous substance (CDS) with intent to distribute, manufacture of CDS within 2,000 feet of a school, possession of drug paraphernalia and marijuana, and unlawful dumping. According to jail records, all three were being held on no bond and were set to be arraigned Friday. Stobaugh also faces the charges after former conviction of a felony. He is currently on a 20-year suspended sentence.
Blount received an anonymous call Thursday about a working methamphetamine lab at a room at the Golden Spur Motel on South Kerr Boulevard in Sallisaw.
Police said when they arrived at the motel and knocked on the motel room door, a person came to the door wearing rubber gloves. In plain view was a working methamphetamine lab, police said. The fire department was called to the scene again to ventilate the room.
Rodney Hal Hodges, 28, and Sarah Cecil, 32, both of Sallisaw, were arrested. Hodges gave officers permission to search the motel room and his truck parked in front of the motel. Police said Hodges was also a suspect in a prior arson at Village West Apartments due to another methamphetamine lab.
Hodges and Cecil were booked into the county jail on charges of two counts of endeavoring to manufacture, possession of CDS with intent to distribute, possession of drug paraphernalia, and conspiracy to commit a felony. Hodges charges were after former conviction of a felony. Cecil also faces a charge of possession of CDS. Both were being held Friday morning on no bond, and were set to be arraigned Friday, according to jail records.
