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MENOMINEE -- Two Menominee men were arraigned Thursday in the 95-A District Court after a meth lab exploded in the city of Menominee.
Menominee County Prosecuting Attorney Jeffrey T. Rogg charged both David Allen Erdman, 43, and Donald Mark Myers, 50, in multiple-count felony complaints, including allegations of manufacture of methamphetamine, operating a laboratory near specified places, and operating a laboratory involving hazardous waste, each of which carry a possible sentence of up to 20 years in prison.
The charges follow an explosion at a suspected methamphetamine laboratory, located at 1012 18th Avenue in Menominee, on Sunday, May 7. The Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team (UPSET), conducted an investigation and executed search warrants at that location and at 2411 10th Avenue in Menominee.
UPSET seized ingredients and equipment needed to manufacture methamphetamine, including lithium strips, "Liquid Fire" drain line opener, Coleman camp fuel, soda bottles containing white powder with a rubber tubing, coffee filters, and other components used in the "one pot" methamphetamine manufacturing process.
Rogg commended the proactive efforts of his UPSET partners, and said that "methamphetamine is unsafe to produce and unsafe to use. This activity, especially in residential neighborhoods, has the potential to damage property and jeopardize the health and safety of law-abiding citizens of Menominee, by mixing these dangerous chemicals."
District Court Judge Robert J. Jamo appointed attorney Abigail Anderson to represent Erdman, and attorney Sara Seaborg to represent Myers. Probable cause conferences are scheduled on May 23, and preliminary examinations on June 1, 2023 for each case. Bond was set at $50,000, cash/surety, for both men.
In a press release issued by Rogg about the charges, he reminded everyone that the charges are allegations and all criminal defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty, beyond a reasonable doubt, in court.