Horry County Police arrest two on meth charges
Courtesy: J Ruben Long Detention Center
Officers arrested Luis Miguel Lara Valencia, 30, and Lisa Marie Valencia, 32. Both were charged with possession of methamphetamine, manufacturing methamphetamine, unlawful manufacturing of methamphetamine in the presence of a child, and unlawful neglect of a child.
Published: October 21, 2009
Updated: October 22, 2009
Horry County Police arrested two people Tuesday in connection with a 6 month narcotics investigation.
According to a press release, detectives with the Horry County Police Department’s Narcotics and Vice Section initiated an investigation in April after allegations of drug activity at home on Pebble Beach Crescent.
Officers arrested Luis Miguel Lara Valencia, 30, and Lisa Marie Valencia, 32. Both were charged with possession of methamphetamine, manufacturing methamphetamine, unlawful manufacturing of methamphetamine in the presence of a child, and unlawful neglect of a child.
Detectives seized approximately 1.5 grams of methamphetamine along with paraphernalia utilized in the production of methamphetamine.
Both suspects were taken to J. Rueben Long Detention Center.
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People should definitely not bash an agency when they don’t know how it operates. DSS is a state ageny and must run by state laws. Let me explain a little bit about it to you. By state law, you DO NOT have to even let DSS in your home! You can’t prove in court that a child is being abused or neglected if you can’t even get in the home.
And just for your information, HCPD could not get a search warrant until DSS got involved with the family. DSS supplied HCPD with the information necessary to get a search warrant and make the bust.
For future reference, if you don’t know all the facts, you should not say anything at all!
What amazes me more than anything about this case is that I know for a fact DSS was notified about this couple 2 years ago by more than one person. DSS was told the couple was involved in drugs, had issues feeding their 2 children, had utilities turned off several times, etc….WOW guys, way to go!!! The kids could have been helped a long time ago!
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