MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK
Two Arrested With Meth Lab In Concession Hotel Room
Acting upon information from Mammoth Cave Hotel employees regarding suspicious activity in one of their hotel rooms, supervisory park ranger Brad McDougal and ranger David Alexander went to the aforementioned room on March 19th tocontact its occupants. The rangers knocked on the door and it was opened by a woman subsequently identified at Crystal Bush of Horse Cave, Kentucky. The rangers identified themselves as law enforcement officers and asked Bush if they could speak with her inside the hotel room. She agreed and stepped back to let rangers enter the room. The rangers saw Gregory Thomas of Munfordville, Kentucky, sitting at a table with equipment and materials that are used in the manufacture of methamphetamine, and instantly recognized these items and the potential hazards they posed. Bush and Thomas were arrested. Officers from the Barren-Edmonson County drug task force were called in to assist in processing the scene. Bush and Thomas were lodged in the Warren County regional jail and appeared before a U.S. magistrate judge the next day, where both were ordered to be remanded for the time being. The U. S. Attorney’s Office in Louisville is in charge of the prosecution. Ranger David Alexander is the case agent.
