WILLOW SPRING, N.C. (WNCN) – Three small children were found Thursday in a house being used as a meth lab on Silver Spring Court in Willow Spring.

Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison said the meth lab was discovered after a tip and a search warrant was executed Thursday at 9:15 a.m. Authorities had been watching the house since October.

“I’m not a happy camper when I see three kids in a home with a meth lab,” Harrison said. “I’m not a happy camper when I see a meth lab in general but especially when there are children in involved.”

Five adults were arrested and charged, the Wake County Sheriff’s Office said.

  • Michael Curtis Jones, 29, of 6208 Silver Spring Ct., was charged with manufacturing methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine precursors, maintaining a dwelling, child abuse, possession of drug paraphernalia.
  • Jessica Jenny Nunez-Jones, 29, of 6208 Silver Spring Ct., was charged with manufacturing methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine precursors, maintaining a dwelling, child abuse, possession of drug paraphernalia.
  • Charles Scott Jones, 33, of 1817 Bowling Rd. Fuquay-Varina, was charged with manufacturing methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine precursors, maintaining a dwelling, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
  • Chelsea Lynn Nye, 28, was charged with manufacturing methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine precursors, maintaining a dwelling, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
  • Jason Neil Wall, 33, of 325 C.P Stewart Rd. Lillington, was charged with manufacturing methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine precursors, maintaining a dwelling, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

“For the life of me, I don’t understand this,” Harrison said. “It’s just sorriness.”

One neighbor, Bridget Roberts, recalled seeing the children often.

“The kids are always playing outside,” she said. “You just wouldn’t think anything like that was going on on the inside.”

But another neighbor, Mike Hudson, said it was odd that “a lot of adults lived in here.”

To him, that “didn’t make sense when you live in a small house like that.”

Harrison said his office began investigating in October after receiving a tip.

Since then they’ve been gathering the probable cause they needed to move in.

Investigators wearing special protection gear gathered evidence from the home. Some of the chemicals used in that meth lab could be seen on the lawn.

Authorities also set up a decontamination trailer, which all five suspects along with the children went through.

“It was small but it was actually working. Cooking, what we call cooking, and with those vapors flying through the air we don’t know what’s what. We don’t take any chances,” Harrison said.

According to court record, Charles Jones, Nye and Wall all have criminal backgrounds.

Charles Jones and Nye have each been arrested 10 times in Wake County.

Charles Jones’ parents said he has been addicted to drugs since he was 14. They said they’ve tried to get him treatment but it never worked.

Charles Jones and Wall were friends from high school, Jones’ parents said.