Officers Find Meth Lab Materials In Kennedy Township
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KENNEDY TOWNSHIP (KDKA) -- A man from Illinois was jailed on charges after police found the makings of a methamphetamine lab inside a room at a motel in Kennedy Township.
Officers were called to the Hilltop Inn on Kisow Drive around 1 p.m. Wednesday, where they made contact with the suspect, Robert Baker.
Police say everything needed to make meth was inside his motel room, but it wasn't a functioning meth lab. Still, authorities were seen wearing gas masks at the scene.
While searching the room, police say Baker ran away. He was later found hiding inside a boat at self storage facility next door.
Police say Baker was wanted out of Illinois.
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