Police arrested two people Thursday after they found meth in a house with an in-home daycare near a Sioux Falls elementary school. Authorities say they discovered 5.9 grams of meth divided into seven baggies. Officer Sam Clemens says police received a specific, credible tip Thursday morning and decided not to wait.
"The information came yesterday, so this is real fast and quick. A lot of the time we’ll receive some information and really do some work to try to verify that and really solidify a case, and there’s a lot of different things. So we’ve had investigations that have taken anywhere from days to months," Clemens says. "In this particular case, because the kids were there and we had such young kids, they wanted to make sure that there was no danger to those kids and, if there was meth present, get those kids out of there."
Clemens says three daycare children under two years old were at the house when police arrived; two more kids who lived there were also home. Officials found meth in the basement, which was off-limits to the children.
Jennifer Darger, 33, and her husband Adam Darger, 32, face multiple charges including possession, intent to distribute, keeping a place where drugs are used or stored, violating a drug free zone and possession of drug paraphernalia.