Meth lab dismantled near Garfield Elementary

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The Sioux Falls Area Drug Task Force seized a one-pot meth lab on South Lincoln Avenue and arrested 38-year-old Jon Eric Leonard.

Police say Leonard’s lab was a half block north of Garfield Elementary.

They waited until yesterday to serve the warrant because the wind was from the south keeping the school out of the lab’s contamination zone.

Leonard is charged with making methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute, possession of marijuana and paraphernalia and violation of a drug free zone.  

The Garfield School Resource Officer was at the school to assist.