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Two Lincoln County deputies injured by mobile meth lab

May 03, 2012

Two Lincoln County residents were charged Tuesday night with manufacturing methamphetamine and wanton endangerment of law enforcement officers when sheriff's deputies made an explosive discovery in their vehicle.

David Wayne Roberts, 43, of Kings Mountain, and Keesha Lynn Saylor, 32, of Stanford, were each arrested on charges of manufacturing methamphetamine, wanton endangerment and two counts of wanton endangerment of a police officer, according to jail records. Roberts also was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Sheriff Curt Folger said deputies responded around 9:30 p.m. to a call about a vehicle trespassing on a property in the area of Lee Banks Road, where they located a vehicle with Roberts and Saylor inside.

Deputies discovered warrants out for both people for failure to appear in court. The department K-9 was deployed and alerted on the vehicle, and a search of the vehicle turned up methamphetamine pre-cursors, according to a news release.

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A loaded shotgun was found in the vehicle, which led to the firearm possession charge against Roberts.

Saylor and Roberts were detained in separate vehicles about 150 feet away from their vehicle.

When the vehicle was being towed away, a one-step meth lab that had been hidden in the vehicle caused a small explosion that released fumes, which deputies Ryan Kirkpatrick and Bill Hester inhaled, Folger said.

Kirkpatrick and Hester drove themselves to the hospital for treatment and were later released, according to the news release.

Saylor and Roberts were lodged in the Lincoln County Regional Jail. Saylor is being held on a $25,000 cash bond, while Roberts is being held without bond, according to jail records.

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