10 February 2023
POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY (KSNT) – A father and son in Pottawatomie County are under arrest after an alleged meth lab in their mobile home caught on fire earlier this week.
The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office reports via social media that at 12:43 p.m. on Feb. 7 their emergency dispatch received a 911 call about a structure on fire in the 400 block of East Plum St. in Louisville. Emergency crews found a mobile home with smoke coming from within at the scene. A father and son were able to exit the home with only minor injuries before the arrival of emergency workers.
During this incident, the sheriff’s office learned that there might be a methamphetamine lab inside the home. A search warrant was applied and executed after the fire was put out. The two residents were placed under arrest as a result of the search warrant and taken to the Pottawatomie County Jail.
Odis Leon Parker, 80, and Odis Leon Parker Jr., 47, both of Louisville, were arrested on the following charges:
Parker
Manufacturing a controlled substance
Criminal use of weapons
Possession of paraphernalia with intent to manufacture a controlled substance
Possession of stimulant
Possession of marijuana
Possession of drug paraphernalia
Parker Jr.
Manufacturing a controlled substance
Possession of paraphernalia with intent to manufacture a controlled substance
Arson; accidental to dwelling by manufacturing a controlled substance
Aggravated battery
Both Parker and Parker Jr. are in jail on $10,000 bonds. The case was investigated with assistance from the Pottawatomie County Consolidated Fire, Wamego Fire Department, Pottawatomie County EMS, Kansas State Fire Marshal,. Riley County Police Department and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.