A McMinnville man was given a nine-year sentence for operating a meth lab out of his West Riverside home.The defendant, Jonathan Kent Curtis, 33, entered a package deal plea bargain for three cases pending against him, the most serious being the operation of a meth lab. He was ordered by Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley to serve 180 days of a nine-year sentence with the balance to be served on probation after completion of his assigned jail time.He entered guilty pleas to charges of initiating the process to manufacture meth, delivery of drugs and aggravated criminal trespass. He must also pay a $2,000 drug fine along with being jointly liable for paying a $10,731 cleanup of the McMinnville Housing Authority residence where he was making meth.Curtis was arrested along with Susan Haston, 37, at their Lyndon Street home.
Curtis, 33, jailed for meth