We tried to tell you this recession is for real . A former U.S. Olympic baseball star and his wife were charged with cooking methamphetamine inside a home they shared with their three children, just a few hundred yards away from Loxley Elementary School, police said. Billy Lyle “BJ” Wallace Jr., 40, and Amber Sheree McKenzie, 29, were being held in Baldwin County Corrections Center as of Wednesday, both charged with first-degree manufacturing of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Wallace, a Monroeville native, pitched for the U.S. team in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, and the Montreal Expos picked him third in that year’s amateur draft, signing the left-hander for $550,000, according to baseball-reference.com and Press-Register archives. He set an Olympic record for strikeouts in a game by fanning 14 in a win over Italy, but he never reached the major leagues. After a three-month investigation that included both surveillance and informants, Loxley police served a search warrant on Wallace’s home at 3999 S. Magnolia St. at 2:15 p.m. Tuesday. Officers found four “shake and bake” meth labs inside, along with two ounces of “finished product,” according to Loxley police Lt. Doug Phillips. Their three children, ages 2, 8 and 12, were turned over to their grandparents, Phillips said. Though they do not share a last name, Wallace and McKenzie were married in February, according to Baldwin County Probate Office records. Phillips declined to say whether the children were present when officers made the arrests. Because of the length of the investigation, authorities had become concerned for the safety of the children, Phillips said. He described the “shake and bake” lab as a 20-ounce or two-liter plastic bottle with meth ingredients inside. “It can turn into an incredible explosive,” Phillips said. “Even if it didn’t explode, if one of the kids drank it, thinking it was a soda bottle, who knows what could happen?” SMDH. Is that mu’f**a smiling in the mugshot??? Source
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When The Checks Stop Coming In: Former Olympic Record Holding Pitcher Popped For Cooking Up That Trailer Park Crack Next To A School
