Friday, 7. February 2003

Couple in retirement community accused of running meth lab


Sheriff's investigators arrested a 71-year-old woman and her 44-year-old boyfriend Friday on suspicion of manufacturing methamphetamines in their home at the Leisure World retirement community in east Mesa.

Patrice Wentworth and Michael Davino face felony drug manufacturing and possession charges in connection with the Friday morning raid at their home, which stunned the senior citizens who live in the tight-knit, gated community of 5,500 people near Power Road and Southern Avenue.

"No one would imagine in 100 years there would be a meth lab at Leisure World," Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said.

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