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• Graduate research assistant Jeremy Smalling, 45, faces charges of operating a meth lab at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, KTVI-TV reports.
A professor noticed something suspicious in the campus chemistry lab and alerted authorities, setting off an investigation that uncovered hundreds of attempts to buy pseudoephedrine over the last 10 years, 45 of which were blocked.
Detectives tracked Smalling as he bought supplies in other cities.
He was charged on four felony counts and denied access to campus facilities. [KTVI, 1/24/2024]