SOUTH ABINGTON TWP., LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 A 28-year-old South Abington Township man is accused of attempting to operate a methamphetamine lab inside a home on Parkview Drive, authorities said.<\/p>\n
Lackawanna County District Attorney Brian Gallagher identified the defendant as Alexander Jeffrey Dubas.<\/p>\n
According to the criminal complaint, county probation officers conducting a home inspection Oct. 7 reported finding marijuana paraphernalia and suspected methamphetamine precursors in Dubas\u2019 bedroom. Investigators said Dubas later told detectives he had been attempting to make crystal methamphetamine inside the residence.<\/p>\n
South Abington Township police, Pennsylvania State Police\u2019s Troop R Vice Unit, county detectives and the State Police Clandestine Laboratory Emergency Response Team responded to the home.<\/p>\n
The complaint alleges investigators seized empty pseudoephedrine blister packs and purchase receipts, containers holding chemicals, a lithium battery, a \u201cone-pot\u201d vessel and a grinder containing suspected crushed pseudoephedrine pills. Police also reported finding suspected methamphetamine residue, 57 Suboxone film strips, unidentified pills and drug paraphernalia.<\/p>\n
Investigators also reported finding an unloaded 9mm Glock pistol, two loaded magazines and brass knuckles in a safe.<\/p>\n
Dubas faces charges including attempted operation of a methamphetamine laboratory, risking catastrophe, attempted manufacture of a controlled substance, possession of precursor substances with intent to manufacture, possession with intent to deliver, reckless endangerment and possession of an offensive weapon.<\/p>\n
The complaint alleges the suspected operation created a danger to family members in the home, law enforcement and the public because of the potential for fire, explosion or toxic fumes.<\/p>\n
Dubas was taken to Lackawanna County Prison on an alleged probation violation. The drug-related evidence has been sent to a state police laboratory for testing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SOUTH ABINGTON TWP., LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 A 28-year-old South Abington Township man is accused of attempting to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306565,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-306564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}