Several people were nuisance abated from the house in the 1500 block of Weaver Street when police found drugs there, Dayton Sgt. Ryan Halburnt said.
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Initial reports indicated that police suspected the incident may have involved a meth lab, but while officers didn’t find any meth at the scene, they did find crack cocaine and guns.
“[Officers] saw some things that indicated a possible active meth lab and pulled everybody out,” said Dayton Police Sgt. Ryan T. Halburnt. “Subsequent to that the DEA experts came in and tested the stuff and found that it wasn’t anything related to meth.”
Hazmat crews were called after a chemical smell was reported in the area.
“There was a stainless steel bowl with some off-color substances and some bubbles and some smells that made officers think it may be something more,” Halburnt said. “And we always tell everybody to get out as soon as possible and call the experts.”
Two of the people remained in the Montgomery County Jail on charges. They are Keton Ward, 39, and James Greathouse, 49. According to the online jail report, Ward’s bail was set at $5,000 on a misdemeanor count of attempted assault. Greathouse was being detained on a misdemeanor count of unauthorized use. His bond was set at $2,500.
Dayton's Use Nuisance Abatement Program is a legal process by which a structure can be declared a nuisance by virtue of evidence of certain illegal activity. The illegal activity consists of crimes in the following categories: drugs, gambling, illegal liquor sales, prostitution. Only the police can refer a property into the program.
Police also removed several dogs to the Animal Resource Center because of a problem with licensing and their owner was being sought on a warrant, the sergeant said.
