NORWICH – The arraignments of Gwenda J. Knapp, 47, of Smyrna, and Richard L. Brewer Sr., 52, of Smyrna, took place when the Chenango County Court convened for a morning session on Monday, June 27.

Both individuals were arraigned on two charges; one count of unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine in the third degree, a class D felony; and one count of unlawful disposal of meth lab material, a class E felony.

It is alleged that on June 3, 2016, both defendants, while acting in concert with one another, did knowingly and with intent to use, possessed pseudoephedrine, sulfuric acid, lithium metal, white gas, ether, plastic bottles, coffee grinders, and coffee filters to unlawfully manufacture methamphetamine at a residence on County Road 18 in the Town of Preston.

It is also alleged that the pair knowingly disposed of meth lab material by placing plastic bottles, lithium batteries, starting fluid cans, a coleman fuel can, coffee filters, pseudoephedrine blister packs and other methamphetamine byproducts in multiple burn piles located outside the same residence. This act created a substantial risk to human safety and a danger to the environment.