EAST PALATKA, Fla. – The Putnam County Sheriff's Office's vice unit and SWAT team serving a search warrant at a home on Kane Road late Thursday morning report finding nine adults manufacturing and selling methamphetamine in the house and a camper on the property. They also found small children in the home.
Detectives said they located a used meth lab, and once all the occupants were cleared, the meth lab response team moved in to clear the home of the highly volatile chemicals found.
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The 2- and 4-year-old children were turned over to the custody of the Florida Department of Children and Families.
The following people were arrested:
- Willie Ray Heath (pictured, right) is charged with sale of methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, possession of controlled substance, possession of chemicals used to manufacture methamphetamine, maintaining a drug dwelling, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
- Tanner Smith, charged with possession of methamphetamine, possession of controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
- Jeremy Loper, charged with possession of drug paraphernalia
- Timothy Steele, charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of chemicals used to manufacture methamphetamine.
- Harley Heath, charged with possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia
- Erica Orlowski, charged with possession of methamphetamine, Possession of controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia
- Destini Gibbs, charged with possession of drug paraphernalia
- Jaime Kennedy, charged with possession of methamphetamine, possession of controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia
- Nicole Kennedy, possession of methamphetamine, possession of controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia
All were booked into the Putnam County Jail.