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4 arrested after bomb, guns found at meth lab

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By KEVIN WIATROWSKI

kwiatrowski@tampatrib.com

Published: June 28, 2009

LAKELAND - Polk County sheriff's deputies reported Saturday that they found a homemade bomb, a 12-foot boa constrictor and a variety of guns when they broke up a north Lakeland methamphetamine lab on Friday.

Four people were arrested on drug charges. A fifth person is being sought.

Investigators said that during their raid at 2302 Limedale Road they found:

•A homemade bomb and bomb-making materials in a semi-trailer parked on the property.

•A meth lab and a cache of guns in an RV nearby.

When they entered the home, detectives said they found meth, guns and drug equipment. They also found 50-year-old Diane Cox; her two daughters, Sabrina Crews, 31, and Misty Combee, 20; and the daughters' children, ages 6, 3 and 9 months.

The three adults and another resident, Aubrey Pettis Jr., 21, were arrested, the sheriff's office said.
Detectives are seeking a fifth suspect, Maurice Chance, 40, who they say lived in the RV.

The three children are in the custody of the Department of Children & Families, the sheriff's office reported.

Kevin Wiatrowski

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