LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) -
A Lufkin man caught cooking meth in a Lufkin
motel appeared in court this week.
Steven Lance Gardner pled
guilty to possession of a controlled substance.
Gardner will return to
court for sentencing following a pre-trial investigation.
According to earlier reports Gardner was
cooking meth in a room in the Sun and Pines Motel in Lufkin.
Deputies arrested Gardner on October 11 on outstanding warrants
and obtained a warrant on the new charge on October 19. He was arrested on the
new charge on Wednesday.
According to an arrest warrant
affidavit, narcotics officers went to Sun and Pines Motel, located at 208 South
Timberland Dr., after receiving a call that Gardner was cooking meth in one of
the motel rooms.
Two deputies responded to the motel
and spoke with the front desk clerk, who confirmed Gardner's room. The deputies
went to the room and reported smelling a meth lab. They knocked on the
door and a woman answered.
Gardner was in the room and
deputies reported seeing items consistent with a meth lab. Gardner said the
items were his and the woman had nothing to do with the lab, according to the
report.
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