Allen County, IN-A 22 year old man from New Haven and his 24 year old friend from the Steuben County town of Ashley were both arrested early this morning at a rural New Haven residence after Troopers discovered a meth lab in a garage while serving an arrest warrant.

According to Trooper Jake Quick, at approximately 12:30 a.m. today, he and Troopers David Poe, Clint Hetrick, Mike Carroll and Carroll’s K-9 partner Deezle went to a residence in the 16200 block of Edgerton Road in rural New Haven in an attempt to locate 22 year old Michael Jay Neuenschwander.  Quick said that arrest warrants were issued for Neuenschwander out of Steuben County for probation violation and LaGrange County for leaving the scene of an accident.

Troopers located Neuenschwander and a man immediately recognized by Quick as Jeremy L. Combs, 24 from Ashley in a detached garage.  While Troopers were serving the arrest warrant, they smelled a strong chemical odor coming from the garage.  As a result of further investigation, a one-pot meth lab was located and the Indiana State Police Clandestine Laboratory Team was contacted.  Both Neuenschwander and Combs were taken into custody and transported to the Allen County Jail on numerous drug related charges.

ARRESTED AND CHARGED:
• Michael Jay Neuenschwander, 22 from New Haven, IN
o Manufacturing Methamphetamine
o Possession of Methamphetamine
o Maintaining a Common Nuisance
o Arrest Warrants from LaGrange and Steuben Counties
• Jeremy L. Combs, 24 from Ashley, IN
o Manufacturing Methamphetamine
o Possession of Methamphetamine
o Visiting a Common Nuisance
o Possession of Paraphernalia
All Suspects Are Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty in a Court of Law