“This is going to be a problem for our community,” he said. “Because heroin addicts are usually pretty low key. These meth addicts are usually up for four days straight. They are wired. They want to fight.”
The press conference was held after the sheriff’s office announced the recovery of 17 kilos of meth from a Dayton house.
Plummer named Charles Anthony Minor, 63, as a suspect in the case.
“We’re glad to take Charles off the streets for a while here,” he said.
It is not known if formal charges have been filed against Minor.
Plummer and Kent Harshbarger, coroner, also discussed how meth effects users and the community.
“What a lot of our officers are saying, you’re going to see a lot of people just like zombies just like walking the street, kind of like if you see the ‘Walking Dead’ shows, that kind of mentality just walking the streets,” Plummer said.
While meth doesn’t immediately kill users like fentanyl can, Plummer said that it will kill you eventually.
Meth use can cause strokes and heart attacks, as well as mental illness changes overtime, according to Harshbarger.
“There’s no concentration that’s safe,” he said. “It damages and destroys anything it touches.”
In 2015, the Miami Valley Regional Crime Lab saw 300 case submissions involving meth.
In 2018, they’re estimating 2,500 case submissions and 70 overdoses according to Harshbarger.
“We need to get out in front of this new meth epidemic,” Plummer said. “We need to figure out a proper standard of care for these people.”
INITIAL REPORT:
Approximately 17 kilos — or 37 pounds — of crystal methamphetamine and other drugs were recovered from a Dayton residence Wednesday.
The RANGE Task Force executed a search warrant in the 1700 block of Salem Avenue, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.
The task force also recovered a large amount of crack cocaine, marijuana, firearms and about $100,000 during the search.
The sheriff’s office will review the results of the search during a press conference today at 3 p.m.
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