Man faces charges after police find explosives, drug lab inside Albemarle home
Police said they discovered explosives and a drug lab while responding to a 911 call in Albemarle Tuesday evening.
Officers were called at around 7:30 p.m. to a home on Holbrook Court near Lafayette Drive for reports of a person making violent threats.
They found a man, later identified as Jeremy Lee Crabtree, 32, on the porch with a gun. Authorities were able to negotiate with him, and he eventually surrendered.
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While investigators searched the home, they found explosives. Police said the “suspicious items” were safely removed.
“The police cars were here all night,” neighbor John Scardina said. “At least until we went to sleep.”
Law enforcement was on the scene for nearly 20 years.
“I pulled in the street, and there was a fire truck kind of blocking the street,” he said. “And they were probably 10 police cars down there in the cul-de-sac.”
The Charlotte Fire hazmat team was also sent to the home after an active drug lab was found inside the home.
“Everyone on the street was incredibly friendly, except for that one house,” Scardina said.
Police said charges are pending against Crabtree.
No other details have been released at this point, as this is an ongoing investigation.
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