A METH OPERATION WAS SHUT DOWN AT LAFAYETTE GARDEN APARTMENTS WEDNESDAY.  LAFAYETTE POLICE REPORT THAT A CHILD WAS REMOVED FROM THE APARTMENT… AND LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN DRUG TASK FORCE COMMANDER LARRY BLACK SAID OFFICERS FOUND COMPONENTS FOR A METH LAB INSIDE.
   

ARRESTED WERE 33 YEAR OLD STEVEN LAMAR PATTERSON AND 30 YEAR OLD ELLIE MELINDA SUTTON… BOTH CHARGED WITH POSSESSING AND MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE.
   

BEFORE THE RAID… NEIGHBORS HAD COMPLAINED THAT ODORS FROM APARTMENT #10  WERE MAKING THEIR CHILDREN SICK, POLICE SAID.  THE LAFAYETTE GARDEN APARTMENT COMPLEX IS ON PATTERSON ROAD.