In addition, Napier was indicted on seven counts of prohibitions concerning the purchasing pseudophedrine products, while Abrams was indicted on eight counts, all first-degree misdemeanors.
Assistant Prosecutor Matt Nolan said Abrams knowingly purchased more than nine grams of pseudoephedrine in a 30-day period and did not have a valid prescription from January through October 2009. Nolan said it was alleged Abrams possessed the chemical with the intent of manufacturing a Schedule I or II controlled substance.
Napier is also accused of purchasing more than nine grams in a 30-day period from March through December 2009.
Pseudoephedrine is a substance that is used in products such as Sudofed and is also used for the manufacturing of methamphetamines.
Nolan said the Ohio Bureau of Investigation and Identification was the lead agency investigating the case. He said stores routinely send information to the authorities on these types of purchases.
“This is our first case on this type of charge,” he said.
Nolan said BCII agents found two meth labs, one on the property and the other was inside the residence on Clearcreek-Franklin Road, in September 2009.
Neither Abrams or Napier have been taken into custody as of late afternoon Monday, June 14, Nolan said.
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