Stolen Travel Trailer (Recovered)

Thanks for giving us an update.

fallsrider wrote:
That's great news. But I sure would want the police to confirm that no meth was cooked in it before I took it back.

That is a fact.

If they're releasing it back to the owner, good chance it's been cleared.
If it was contaminated, it wouldn't be released. It would be condemned unfit for use until cleaned and then inspected and cleared by authorities. Same rule/law applies to stick, brick, and mortar dwellings.

I'm not sure they would even really let you take it home if it had meth cooked in it. I think they would make you come down and then you would have to pay to have it destroyed or something. Personally I think some of this is overkill. Clean out the inside and change the carpet and IMHO you would be OK even if it had meth cooked in it. But, that's not the way they do it.

Odum, who is currently in the Monroe County TN Jail was arrested by the Madisonville TN Police Department while conducting a methamphetamine investigation.

When I read this the first time it appeared that Odum was conducting the investigators when he was arrested and jailed. :B

CavemanCharlie wrote:
I'm not sure they would even really let you take it home if it had meth cooked in it. I think they would make you come down and then you would have to pay to have it destroyed or something. Personally I think some of this is overkill. Clean out the inside and change the carpet and IMHO you would be OK even if it had meth cooked in it. But, that's not the way they do it.

I think you're right, if it was a meth lab, it's contaminated beyond use. These guys use some nasty chemicals when they make the drug and the stuff permeates everything. In a trailer, it might be unrecoverable.

FWIW, my college age Daughter and her roommates live in a house in Minneapolis that was condemned because of possible drug mfg..The new owners, her landlords, completely cleaned and restored the house. I toured the place before she moved in and the house was immaculate, cleaner than any house I've been in in the last 10 years. The landlords really did an incredible job, new appliances, flooring, etc. and not the cheap stuff. The foundation in the basement looked like it was sandblasted.

Thanks for the update, but as I said before chances are good I wouldn’t want it back under any circumstances…

If and that’s a big if, th ere is any chance it was involved in the production of meth or any illegal drug, its current value is near nothing and the insurance company should compensate and make the owner whole for the loss… especially if there are disclosure laws the owner must follow…

Glenn Morrison, an engineering professor at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, says "These clean-ups tend to be somewhat superficial when it comes to permanent building materials," he questions the adequacy of current meth house cleanup standards, emphasizing their failure to ensure the removal of toxins that are absorbed by the home (this owner should to…

There are no national standards for cleanup procedures, and in many jurisdictions even processionals aren’t required to be licensed and certified in meth or toxic waste cleanup or require very little in the way of expertise (a few hundred and a short internet course might be enough to claim their trained)…

If I took it back, I would tell the insurance company they need to leave the claim open and have it cleaned and the inside air monitored for chemical toxins at least 3 times over 18 months, and only after it’s been closed up for several weeks or months without being air out first… anything short of that I would look at other legal options…

While the guy is locked up, someone should rob his house.....see how he likes it !

Rumtan wrote:
While the guy is locked up, someone should rob his house.....see how he likes it !

Might be kind of useless breaking into a freeway overpass (or wherever that kind hang out). :W
Barney

Skylark wrote:
This rv was recovered in Tn, about 100 miles from here.

Recovered

And about five miles from me.

Meth is a terrible problem in our mostly rural county. Much of our county is undeveloped. In fact, it is one of the largest counties in the state as far as physical size, but one of the poorest and least populated. Lots of rugged terrain, etc.