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Father, son are charged in meth case

A father and son in Lehigh County have been charged with making meth.

James Lloyd, 56, and William Lloyd III, 25, of Slatington, were charged with methamphetamine production, possession of red phosphorous, possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and defiant trespassing.Both were arraigned Wednesday by District Judge Michael Faulkner and sent to Lehigh County Prison under $100,000 bail each.They are both scheduled to have a preliminary hearing Wednesday in the Lehigh County Courthouse.According to the affidavit of probable cause filed by borough patrolman William Borst and Detective Tim Wagner of the borough police department:At 5:17 p.m. Tuesday, while patrolling the 300 block of North Seventh Street, Borst observed an occupied and running black 1998 Ford Escort parked in the driveway of North Seventh Street, according to the affidavit.Borst observed that this property was clearly posted with "no trespassing" and "private property" signs, and was aware from a prior incident that the previous tenant, James Lloyd, had been evicted from the residence and was not permitted on the property, the affidavit says.At that point, Borst than activated his marked patrol vehicle's emergency lighting equipment and made contact with the vehicle occupant, William Lloyd.Borst then observed another male, who identified himself as James Lloyd, approaching the vehicle, traveling on foot from the rear of the property. Borst observed the vehicle was filled with tools and other equipment that James Lloyd said he had taken from the property.Both men were patted down, and police found a bag of meth and drug paraphernalia in William Lloyd's pocket.Due to the listed vehicle being parked on private property, the vehicle was towed.An inventory of the vehicle prior to it being towed revealed a black bag on the floor of the front passenger seat, which contained a Pennsylvania driver's license identification card which belonged to Lloyd, as well as a syringe, a tourniquet, a charred spoon, snorting instruments and a vial of an unknown liquid.The vehicle inventory ceased, and the vehicle was seized as evidence and towed from the scene.A further search of the vehicle by Detective Wagner, Pennsylvania State Police trooper Tretter, and Lehigh County Drug Task Force revealed that the vehicle contained instruments and materials consistent with the manufacture of methamphetamine.The materials in the vehicle were sent for testing to a state police laboratory.Tretter informed Borst that the materials inside the vehicle tested positive for methamphetamine, as well as for numerous chemicals used to manufacture methamphetamine.