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Shady Cove police make meth bust Mail Tribune / Jim Craven Carlos Adams, senior officer with Shady Cove police, looks at chemicals commonly used in manufacturing methamphetamine that were found during a Wednesday morning raid at two residences in town. Two people have been arrested so far in the case. Multiple charges filed after 3-month probe yields pair of arrests, with more to come By MEG LANDERS Mail Tribune SHADY COVE - Police conducted an early morning raid Wednesday on two homes suspected of containing methamphetamine labs, seizing an undisclosed amount of drugs and making two arrests. The raids were a culmination of a three-month investigation by Shady Cove police of several people suspected of drug manufacturing and distribution within the city, Chief Robert McKean said. Arrested at their residences were Richard Bicknell, 49, of 104 Cedar St., and Jeanine Shelton, 39, of 144 Mallory Lane. Several other people were present, including a 2-year-old child. More arrests are expected, McKean said. Bicknell was arrested on charges of possession, delivery and manufacture of a controlled substance, reckless endangerment and child endangerment. He was lodged in the Jackson County Jail on $29,000 bail. Shelton was arrested on charges of possession, delivery and manufacture of a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a school. She was lodged in the jail on $115,000 bail. Sixteen officers from Shady Cove, Phoenix, Eagle Point and Butte Falls and the Jackson County Sheriff's Department participated in the raid. They found several quarts of hazardous chemicals and equipment commonly used in the production of methamphetamine inside the residences. Jackson County Narcotics Enforcement Team was not involved. A hazardous materials team was called from Salem to investigate the scene. Officers seized an undisclosed amount of street-packaged methamphetamine and marijuana as well as several firearms. According to McKean, this is the beginning of an expected series of arrests in Shady Cove. "We're in the process of doing more search warrants and arrests," he said. McKean said the amounts of drugs seized were relatively small. "If you don't address the small stuff, it gets big, and once it gets big, you don't have a handle on it," he said. Reach reporter Meg Landers at 776-4481 or e-mail [email protected] Mail Tribune Home | Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. | Dow Jones & Co., Inc. | Privacy | Contact Us Copyright � 2001 Mail Tribune, Inc.