Teh One Who Knocks
12-06-2013, 12:19 PM
Greg Mason - Auburn Citizen
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Two people were arrested Tuesday after an alleged attempt to manufacture methamphetamine in May went up in flames.
Forty-two-year-old Dawn M. Royea, of Auburn, and 44-year-old Daniel M. Van Luven, of Moravia, were picked up on indictment warrants Tuesday on charges related to the manufacture of methamphetamine.
Each was charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, two counts of second-degree criminal manufacturing of methamphetamine and criminal possession of precursors to methamphetamine, all felonies.
The two were also charged with first-degree criminal possession of methamphetamine manufacturing materials and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child, all misdemeanors.
The indictment warrants were issued by the Cayuga County Court earlier this week following a positive test for methamphetamine from evidence found from a prior incident in May, according to the Auburn Police Department.
Police said it was around 4:55 a.m. on May 9 when the Auburn Fire Department responded to a reported grease fire at the Brogan Manor Apartments on Olympia Avenue in Auburn. Firefighters discovered Royea and Van Luven with severe burns in Royea's apartment, A16 Brogan Manor Apts.
Police said children were present in the apartment where the incident occurred, but they were unharmed.
The two claimed they had sustained the burns from a grease fire started from cooking chicken wings, police said. Responders grew suspicious of the claims partly due to the lack of physical evidence of a fire at the scene.
"The male subject said 'Oh, I took the pan and threw it off into the woods,'" said Capt. David Delfavero of the APD.
The two were transported to Upstate University Hospital to treat their injuries. On the heels of the suspicious reports, the fire department called in police investigators to inspect if there was any evidence of criminal activity.
Officers canvassed the apartment complex and questioned witnesses. Police said one witness heard a man screaming "it's on fire" in the housing complex's courtyard.
Another witness reported to seeing Royea on fire, rolling around on the ground and screaming. Police said the witness reportedly helped Royea and the two managed to put the fire out on her clothes.
After further investigation, police found two 2-liter bottles in a wooded area near the complex with evidence of methamphetamine.
"Looked like the bottles were being used for the one-pot method of cooking methamphetamine," Delfavero said.
The narcotics unit of APD worked in a joint investigation with the Cayuga County Sheriff's office and the state Department of Environmental Conservation during the case.
The bottles were sent to a state facility to test for the illegal substance, police said, and results were positive. With the test results in hand, the matter was put before a grand jury and the indictment warrants were subsequently issued.
Van Luven was arrested at his Moravia apartment, 6247 Lacey Rd. Apt. 5, late Tuesday night. He was remanded to Cayuga County Jail pending arraignment.
Royea is an inmate at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women. She was sentenced on Oct. 22 in Cayuga County Court to 1 to 3 years in prison for drunk driving.
The Auburn woman was arraigned at Cayuga County Court Tuesday morning and remanded back to the custody of the correctional facility.
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Two people were arrested Tuesday after an alleged attempt to manufacture methamphetamine in May went up in flames.
Forty-two-year-old Dawn M. Royea, of Auburn, and 44-year-old Daniel M. Van Luven, of Moravia, were picked up on indictment warrants Tuesday on charges related to the manufacture of methamphetamine.
Each was charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, two counts of second-degree criminal manufacturing of methamphetamine and criminal possession of precursors to methamphetamine, all felonies.
The two were also charged with first-degree criminal possession of methamphetamine manufacturing materials and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child, all misdemeanors.
The indictment warrants were issued by the Cayuga County Court earlier this week following a positive test for methamphetamine from evidence found from a prior incident in May, according to the Auburn Police Department.
Police said it was around 4:55 a.m. on May 9 when the Auburn Fire Department responded to a reported grease fire at the Brogan Manor Apartments on Olympia Avenue in Auburn. Firefighters discovered Royea and Van Luven with severe burns in Royea's apartment, A16 Brogan Manor Apts.
Police said children were present in the apartment where the incident occurred, but they were unharmed.
The two claimed they had sustained the burns from a grease fire started from cooking chicken wings, police said. Responders grew suspicious of the claims partly due to the lack of physical evidence of a fire at the scene.
"The male subject said 'Oh, I took the pan and threw it off into the woods,'" said Capt. David Delfavero of the APD.
The two were transported to Upstate University Hospital to treat their injuries. On the heels of the suspicious reports, the fire department called in police investigators to inspect if there was any evidence of criminal activity.
Officers canvassed the apartment complex and questioned witnesses. Police said one witness heard a man screaming "it's on fire" in the housing complex's courtyard.
Another witness reported to seeing Royea on fire, rolling around on the ground and screaming. Police said the witness reportedly helped Royea and the two managed to put the fire out on her clothes.
After further investigation, police found two 2-liter bottles in a wooded area near the complex with evidence of methamphetamine.
"Looked like the bottles were being used for the one-pot method of cooking methamphetamine," Delfavero said.
The narcotics unit of APD worked in a joint investigation with the Cayuga County Sheriff's office and the state Department of Environmental Conservation during the case.
The bottles were sent to a state facility to test for the illegal substance, police said, and results were positive. With the test results in hand, the matter was put before a grand jury and the indictment warrants were subsequently issued.
Van Luven was arrested at his Moravia apartment, 6247 Lacey Rd. Apt. 5, late Tuesday night. He was remanded to Cayuga County Jail pending arraignment.
Royea is an inmate at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women. She was sentenced on Oct. 22 in Cayuga County Court to 1 to 3 years in prison for drunk driving.
The Auburn woman was arraigned at Cayuga County Court Tuesday morning and remanded back to the custody of the correctional facility.