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Four Arrested in Bradley County Meth Lab Bust

UPDATED 10:36 PM

"It is a process,  Meth in a home is bad news it contaminates everything," said Cpt. Steve Lawson with the Bradley County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies say the owner of a Benton Pike home is an innocent victim and will now be left essentially homeless.

Deputies have quarantined her home and everything inside must be destroyed after a working meth lab was discovered inside the home.

BRADLEY COUNTY (WRCB) -- A Bradley County woman found out she could not return to her home after her daughter reportedly broke into the house and started a meth lab there.

Deputies say they discovered the lab while investigating reports of a burglary at a house on Benton Pike Thursday evening. Officers found four people inside with the working meth lab. One of the four, Amber Dawn Wilson, is accused of forcing entry into her mother's home.  

Those arrested are Wilson, who is 24 years old and resides on Aurora Avenue; Justin Kaine Long, 29, of Hickory Drive; Joseph B. Jones, 27, of J Mack Circle; and Ashley Leigh Falls, 24, of Second Street. All four were charged with manufacturing methamphetamine, felony possession of drug paraphernalia and aggravated burglary.

Deputies say they found components of a lab including pseudoephedrine pill boxes, lithium batteries, cold packs, coffee filters and plastic tubing.  The homeowner was reached by phone and told she would not be allowed to return home because the inside of the house and its contents have been contaminated by toxic chemicals.

The suspects and two deputies underwent decontamination at Skyridge Medical Center.