MEDIA, Pa. - A Pennsylvania man is facing charges after prosecutors said a smoke alarm call lead authorities to an apartment used for manufacturing meth and ghost guns.
Emergency responders in Media, Pennsylvania were called to the 300 block of West State Street on May 8 for reports of a fire alarm.
Authorities searched the building and eventually gained access to the upstairs apartments from a landlord, according to prosecutors.
After a knock went unanswered, prosecutors said authorities entered the apartment and found it completely trashed. A person, later identified as 36-year-old Jeffrey Neithammer, was found unresponsive and initially thought to be dead.MORE LOCAL HEADLINES: Officers later spoke to Neithammer, who was described as "very pale and sweating profusely." While searching for the active smoke alarm, authorities allegedly found various gun-making tools and drug paraphernalia that suggested the apartment was being used to make meth."Guns and drugs, that’s what this defendant was manufacturing in an apartment on State Street in Media.