Crime & Safety

Police: Apartment Cocaine Lab Busted

Officers with the Racine County Metro Drug Unit executed a search warrant on a woman's apartment and say they found a homemade cocaine lab.

Officers with the Racine County Metro Drug Unit say they busted an apartment cocaine lab July 3, and now a 23-year-old woman who lived there is facing multiple felonies.

Brittany Booker, 23, of Mount Pleasant, was formally charged Thursday in Racine County Circuit Court with:

  • One felony count of possession with the intent to deliver cocaine;
  • One felony count of possession of marijuana;
  • One felony count of possession of narcotic drugs;
  • One felony count of maintaining a drug trafficking place; and
  • One felony count of possession of a firearm by a felon.
If convicted, she faces up to 33 years in jail and/or up to $80,000 in fines.

According to the criminal complaint, agents with the metro drug unit executed a knock and announce search warrant July 3 on Booker's apartment based on an ongoing investigation into her suspected drug activities. Officers gained entrance to Booker's apartment by using a ram because no one answered the door.

Police say they observed a drug manufacturing station assembled in the kitchen and also recovered a number of items, including:
  • Two, 12-gauge shotguns
  • A variety of marijuana pipes
  • Digital scales and plastic baggies
  • Amounts of two substances that tested positive for heroin and crack
  • Paraphernalia commonly used to sell marijuana
The case against Booker was originally filed Aug. 28, and a $15,000 warrant was issued for her arrest. By Thursday, Booker was in custody and her warrant was vacated, but she was assigned a $15,000 cash bond during her initial appearance.Β Her preliminary hearing is Sept. 11.


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