Randy Ray Woods Jr.

Warsaw Police officers were in pursuit of a vehicle in Warsaw after the driver failed to stop for an unmarked squad car.

As StaceyPageOnline.com reported on Wednesday, at about 2 p.m. Warsaw Police attempted to stop a green Honda near the intersection of Winona Avenue and Indiana Street. As officers attempted the traffic stop, all three passengers in the car exited the vehicle and attempted to flee, but were immediately detained by undercover officers.

The driver of the Honda, identified as Randy R. Woods, 33, of Silver Lake, refused to stop and led Warsaw Police on a short pursuit down McClellan Street and Country Club Road before stopping near Country Club Drive South. During the pursuit, Woods was seen by the officers throwing multiple Methamphetamine related articles out of the vehicle.

Warsaw Police narcotics officers located the items, which included an active one-pot meth lab contained in a fire extinguisher that Woods tossed out near Pope and McClellan streets.

Inside the vehicle, which had been hot-wired, officers located additional items used to manufacture meth, including an HCL generator and an old one-pot lab.

Woods was detained and transported to the Kosciusko County Jail where he was booked for Manufacturing Methamphetamine, Possession of Chemical Reagents/Precursors with intent to Manufacture Meth, Resisting/Fleeing Law Enforcement, and for being a Habitual Traffic Violator. He was being held on $5,000 surety bond.

Donald Edward TooleThat event led officers to  317 N. Lake St. Apt. 3, also in Warsaw, where officers found another HCL generator, meth manufacturing precursors and finished meth product. Indiana State Police meth clean-up teams were called to the apartment, as well as to the vehicle and disposal locations on McClellan and Country Club Drive South.

Michael Steven Harris

The passengers of the vehicle apprehended were Michael S. Harris, 49, of Warsaw. Harris was wanted on a local warrant out for forgery. He was booked in on the warrant and also charged with Manufacturing Methamphetamine and Possession of Chemical Reagents/Precursors with intent to Manufacture Meth. He was being held on a $5,000 surety bond.

Another passenger, Donald E. Tooley, 32, of Fort Wayne, was arrested for Visiting a Common Nuisance. His bond was set at $350 cash.

The third passenger, Justin N. Smith, 25, of Warsaw, injested unprescribed narcotics and was admitted to Kosciusko Community Hospital after going into respiratory distress. A warrant will be sought Smith for Visiting a Common Nuisance and Manufacturing Methamphetamine.

Warsaw Police were assisted by Indiana State Police, Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department, and Warsaw Wayne Fire Territory.