On Saturday, July 22, 2017, the New York State Police
responded to a purported methamphetamine lab at a private residence located at
7162 State Route 54 in the Town of Bath.
According to Senior State Police Investigator Curt Eaton, the initial
investigation revealed that materials used in the production of Methamphetamine
were in fact present, and the N.Y.S.P. Contaminated Crime Scene Emergency
Response Team (C.C.S.E.R.T) was called in.
Further investigation allegedly revealed an inactive meth lab, which was
subsequently remediated by C.C.S.E.R.T.
Alan L. Sherry, Jr., age 47, of 9 Howell St., Bath, who was present at
the residence, was allegedly found to be in possession of quantities of
suspected cocaine and suboxone, and was subsequently charged with criminal possession
of a controlled substance 5th (D Felony); criminal possession of a controlled
substance 7th degree and possession of a controlled substance
outside its original containerSherry was arraigned before Town of Bath Justice
Jim Burns and remanded to the Steuben Co. Jail without bail. Eaton said the investigation into the meth
lab in continuing.
