For the police officer, the man’s body language was the giveaway. His combative stance and his abrupt hand movement hinted at the possibility of danger.The discovery of a methamphetamine lab in a Huntington home has led to the arrest of a 28-year-old man, according to a statement from the Huntington Police Department.
With information that meth was being cooked at 864 Wilkerson St., officers raided the home about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday and found the lab, police said.
Several people were in the home, and one of them, Richard N. Martinez, fled on foot and was later caught, police said.
Martinez, from Huntington, was charged with two felonies – dealing meth within 1,000 feet of a public park and possession of chemical precursors – and two misdemeanors – resisting law enforcement and invasion of privacy.
He was being held Thursday at the Huntington County Jail in lieu of $120,000 bail.
No one else in the home at the time of the raid has been charged, police said.
