Authorities: Police officer was running meth lab at his home
May 17, 2021
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LONG BRANCH, N.J. (AP) A domestic disturbance call at a veteran police officer s home in a residential New Jersey town led to the discovery of a methamphetamine lab he was operating there, authorities said.
Christopher Walls, a 19-year veteran of the Long Branch force, was suspended without pay from his job following his arrest Saturday night. It wasn t known Monday if he s retained an attorney.
Police who had responded to the domestic disturbance call at the Long Branch home were told by someone there that Walls was operating the lab, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. A state police hazmat team responded and found equipment and substances commonly used to make meth in the home s basement and in a shed on the property, along with books about making the drug, explosives and poison.
New Jersey cop busted for meth lab inside his house: authorities Michael Sheridan
A 19-year veteran police officer in New Jersey turned his own home into a meth lab, authorities said.
Christopher Walls, 50, was arrested in Long Branch, N.J. this weekend after police discovered the drug den inside his house on West End Ave. near Hoey St., the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office said Sunday.
Cops responded to a domestic disturbance call at his home just after 10:30 p.m. Saturday, officials said. While there, officers were told by another resident that Walls was “involved in suspicious narcotics activity.”
A New Jersey State Police Hazmat Unit arrived and discovered meth lab tools and chemicals in the basement, as well as in a shed, authorities said. Investigators also found several books about making meth, explosives and poison in the house.