According to a press release from Leeds Police chief Ted Cook, LPD officers, working in conjunction with Pell City Police Officers executed a Search Warrant in the 6500 block of Lynn Ave. on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009.
“The search warrant was the culmination of a month long investigation into the activities of Joseph Weems, a resident of the location of the search warrant,” Cook said in the release.
According to the release, Pell City officers arrested Weems on Monday, Dec. 14, on “several drug possession related charges and eluding police.”
“Information obtained by PCPD Narcotics Investigator Franklin Green, combined with information developed by the Leeds Police Department Narcotics/Street Crimes Unit led to obtaining the search warrant for the Leeds home,” he said.
It was during the execution of the search warrant that officers from Leeds and Pell City discovered a fully functional methamphetamine “cooking” lab, along with “a stolen pistol; crystal methamphetamine; pseudo-ephedrine; various drug paraphernalia items; and other items associated with meth use and ‘cooking.’”
“The suspect had gone to great lengths to hide the ‘shake and bake’ style lab in the basement of the residence,” Cook said.
According to Cook, charges from the search warrant are pending as the investigation continues. Weems faces possible charges of Unlawful Manufacture of Controlled Substance 1st degree, Unlawful Possession of Controlled Substance, and Felon in Possession of Firearm. Weems is currently in the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office Jail-Pell City.
Also according to the release, as a result of information developed during this investigation, Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Deputies were able to arrest 3 associates of Weems, 2 on drug charges and another on burglary charges.
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