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Meth Lab Explosion

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Man Gets 17 Years in Jail for Meth Lab Explosion Near Wentzville

Kyle Green, one of two men responsible for causing a meth lab explosion near Wentzville, was handed a 17-year prison sentence on Wednesday.

One of the two men deemed responsible for a meth lab explosion near Wentzville in September 2012 was sentenced to 17 years in prison, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Kyle W. Green, 24, was given the jail time after he pleaded guilty to making methamphetamine and first-degree arson. Green, along with an unidentified woman, had been living at the home of Dale Lenze, 53, in the 2400 block of Branch Lane in St. Charles County, just southwest of Wentzville.  In exchange for the living space,  Lenze received a portion of the meth made, he told police.  In September, Lenze told St. Charles County Drug Task Force detectives that Green told him a one-pot meth lab “went bad” during the meth-making process and exploded, severely burning the …

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Meth Lab Explodes, Severely Burns Woman, Ignites Barn and St. Charles County Sheriff's Department (in O'Fallon Patch)

Friday, September 21, 2012

Two Indicted on Arson, Drug Charges in Meth Lab Explosion

A woman was severely burned in the Sept. 3 explosion, which caught a barn on fire.

  • POLICE & FIRE
  • Joe Scott
  • Friday, September 21, 2012

Dale A. Lenze, 53, and Kyle W. Green, 24, were indicted by a St. Charles grand jury Sept. 14 on first-degree arson, making methamphetamine and charges. Lenze also was indicted on a meth possession charge. St. Charles County Drug Task Force detectives said a meth lab exploded in Lenze’s barn Sept. 3 in the 2400 block of Branch Lane in St. Charles County southwest of Wentzville. A woman’s legs and feet were severely burned and the barn caught fire. Lenze told detectives he saw the fire in the upper portion of the barn and heard the woman “screaming in agonizing pain.” He also told detectives he allowed Green and the woman stay in living quarters and make meth in the barn in exchange for a portion of finished meth. St. Charles County …

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City of Wentzville, Meth Lab Explodes, Severely Burns Woman, Ignites Barn, Wentzville Man Arrested on Meth Charges in O'Fallon, and 1 more ›

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