AMITE, LA (WAFB) -
A man was
sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading to drug charges Tuesday.
District
Attorney Scott Perrilloux said Stephen Short, 33, pleaded no contest to
production and manufacture of Schedule II controlled dangerous substances.
The Tangipahoa
Parish Sheriff's Office said he was arrested on Dec. 16, 2010 when deputies
responded to a report of meth being produced at a home in Independence.
According
to reports, deputies found a working meth lab in the kitchen after smelling
what they noted as a strong odor consistent with cooking meth.
Investigators
said they found used battery peelings in the laundry room and fertilizer in a
baby formula box.
Stephen
Roberson, 45, and Myranda Stafford, 37, were also arrested.
Deputies
said the home was owned by Roberson, who spent two years in prison for a
previous meth charge.
Two
16-year-old girls, a 10-year-old girl and an 8-year-old boy were inside the
home when deputies entered.
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Stephen Short (Source: Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office)
