WARSAW — Charges have officially been filed against Wayde Edward Miller, Scott Allen Baldwin and Daniel Shea Gillespie who were arrested early March 26.

Miller, 28, 9349 Sleepy Hollow Parkway, Cromwell, and Gillespie, 41, 716 Jay St., Ligonier, have each been charged with dealing in methamphetamine, a level 5 felony; and possession methamphetamine and possession of two or more chemical reagents or precursors with intent to manufacture a controlled substance, both level 6 felonies.

Baldwin, 33, 9893 E. King Arthur Trail, Cromwell, has been charged with dealing in methamphetamine, a level 5 felony; and possession of methamphetamine, possession two or more chemical reagents or precursors with intent to manufacture a controlled substance and possession of precursor by a methamphetamine offender, all level 6 felonies.

Court documents filed April 26 in Kosciusko Circuit Court, state on March 26, Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Officer Neil Likens observed a vehicle traveling slowly and turn into the parking lot near the Wawasee boat launch. Likens pulled into the opposite end of the parking lot and then saw the vehicle turn around and accelerate back onto the roadway as if attempting to elude the officer.

Syracuse Police Officer Michael Bumbaugh, who was in the area of the first entrance, began following the vehicle during which time the occupants began throwing items out of the vehicle onto the roadway. Bumbaugh could smell a chemical odor he recognized associated with a meth lab. Likens stopped to retrieve the items which included a backpack, blue paper towels and coffee filters.

The officers initiated a traffic stop and found the driver to be Gillespie, with Miller and Baldwin as passengers. Baldwin was the registered owner of the vehicle.

Inside the vehicle police could see similar blue colored rags and coffee filters which had been tossed out of the vehicle.

Sheriff’s Deputy Travis Shively and his K-9 partner arrived at the scene and conducted an outer air search. The K-9 alerted on the vehicle. Inside the vehicle police found a glass smoking device with a burnt leafy substance, plastic bottle, a gas can cap with a hose attached by black tape and a plastic tube. The gas can cap tested positive as being used as part of a HCL generator. Officers could also smell the chemical odor associated with the manufacturing of meth inside the vehicle. Police also recovered additional items thrown out of the vehicle. The items included a plastic funnel, plastic bottle with a gas can cap and hose. Officers determined the plastic bottle contained two or more reagents for a one pot meth lab.

Testing a plastic bag found with liquid, it was determined the liquid was in the final stages of the meth manufacturing. Additional chemical reagents were found inside the backpack.

Indiana State Police Officer Luke Waikel discovered Baldwin had purchased pseudo ephedrine 10 times between Nov. 8, 2015, and March 21, and had been blocked from purchasing pseudo ephedrine on four occasions. He also found Miller had purchased pseudo ephedrine 14 times between July 4, 2015, and March 21 and was blocked once.

Baldwin was convicted on May 20, 2010, of possession of two or more chemical reagents with intent to manufacture a controlled substance.