Sheriff: 2 Arrested After Exposing Children to Meth Lab
Deputies busted a meth lab near Leesville Monday.
Deputies arrested a Leesville man and woman Monday on charges of manufacturing methamphetamine and exposing children to the meth lab in a home near Leesville.
Ashley Glenn Riceman, 29, and Amber Desiree Harmon, 29, are charged each charged with manufacturing methamphetamine and four counts of exposing children to a meth lab.
Deputies received an anonymous tip about drug activity at the home. When they arrived at the home around 3 p.m. Monday, they noticed a strong smell consistent with manufacturing meth, Sheriff James Metts said. Deputies found an active meth lab inside the home.
Anyone with additional information regarding the arrests of Riceman and Harmon should contact the sheriff’s department at 803-785-8230 or CrimeStoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC.
Scott
7:26 am on Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Same girl who got busted stealing coloring books intended to be Christmas gifts from the Extended Stay last December...
Brushjumper
8:17 am on Wednesday, September 12, 2012
She would be pretty cute is she cleaned up...
Jessica Davis
1:23 pm on Friday, September 14, 2012
i didn't read anything about the children... like in the title of the story. How old were they? Were they thier kids? How many? Where are they now.... come on Tiffany- i need more.
Tiffany Barkley
2:07 pm on Friday, September 14, 2012
Jessica,
The sheriff's department didn't release any information about the children. They didn't even say how old they were. If I get anything else, I'll update.
Thanks for reading,
Tiffany
lola
9:09 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
I feel so sorry for those kids and for her mother. This girl got 6 kids but I dont believe that guy is the father of none of them. One of them kids took soccer with mine like 3 years ago when she was still sort of normal.
amber desiree harmon
12:14 am on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
For all the ones who seem to live that perfect life & never made mistakes & the ones who like to gossip about others & forget to mention their own. For all the perfect people that don't hesitate to leave their comments, well let me leave mine. The media has & always will blow things way out of porportion, always do! The whole truth is never told & never known otherwise. The news seems to make things much worse than they really are & always fail to mention the good things."Two arrested after exposing children to a meth lab", while there is no excuse for any of this,no children were present @ the time of this "bust".Only goes to show my point of making things more than what they really are.Don't feel sorry for me or my children, because the way I see it.The only ones I feel sorry for are the ones that make mistakes, like humans do & don't learn from them. How about this story to tell. I am a great Mother,I love my children unconditionally. I've never mentally or physically abused my children & they've always come before myself. Yes I made bad choices just like any other, so for those to judge, my heads held high, I love my children, all six of them! & when the day comes where your mistakes are finally noticed, I won't judge you, only hope you finally realize your not perfect either. The only ones I feel sorry for are the ones who don't learn a thing.The only thing I've ever exposed my children to is the horrible effects of my appearance from this much learned mistake. Thanks...
Robert Kelly
12:34 am on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
You have children, and you were manufacturing meth? Who did you think would use the meth? Were you performing a public service? Do you really think you have been contributing positively to society, and to the security of your children? What are your plans for them if you end up in prison? Do you think that is fair to them, Great Mother?
amber desiree harmon
1:37 am on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
To your questions. actually no I wasnt the one manufacturing anything. User, obviously,sadly.There was no public service about it & I agree,no I dont think I was contributing positively to society or myself for that matter.I do have a lot of hoops to jump through for my mistake.W/ the help of my wonderful Mother helping me through this hard time in my life,I am thankful.I have no prior record until this.Yes I made the mistake of using & I am paying for this more than anyone would ever know. Thankfully I will not have to go through the unimaginable horrible experience of prison. I will also agree about being fair to my children. Your absolutely right, 100% actually.& thats something I beat myself up every second of the day of how this has affected them.The only thing I can do from here is make the best of what I can.Though throughout this whole hard lesson learned, I will never, not for a second consider myself to be a bad Mother & honestly that wasnt a fair statement being that you don't know me from one stranger to the next.You only know what this story reads & that really makes me sad to know that people are so quick to judge another without truly knowing the person.I just got caught up, being around the wrong people and didn't stop to think how the things that meant the very most to me were what I was taking for granted. So really.When all is said & done,I'm glad this happened in a sense,sadly thats what it took for me to see clearly,that I wasn't the person I know to be.
Robert Kelly
9:15 am on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
I did assume you were manufacturing, and that is what I found to be detestable.
I wish you well, and I hope you can get help if you need it to make sure you don't fall into that situation again. Lots of other people have been able to recover, and with a good family around you, you can do it too. I'm happy for you and them that you won't have to go to prison; that is no way to help a user.
amber desiree harmon
12:53 pm on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Thanks alot for your response...