Police arrest man on meth charges

A male was arrested Tuesday and charged for possession of precursors with intent to manufacture, possession of methamphetamine, public intoxication, and has a warrant out on his arrest from Clay County, said Bloomington Police Department Sgt. Jeff Canada, reading from a police report.

Bloomington police found Michael Butcher, 28, passed out on a concrete stoop at 518 W. Hays Ct.

When he tried to stand up, police had to catch him or he would have fallen to the ground, Canada said. An ambulance took Butcher to the hospital.

Inside the backpack Butcher had with him, police found a fuel can, bottle drain opener, variety of plastic tubing, two aquarium pumps, CVS instant cold, coffee filters, lithium batteries, mini digital scale, metal piping, liquid fire and 30 120-mg tablets of pseudoephedrine hydrochloride tablets, Canada said. These items listed are used to make methamphetamine, also known as “meth.”

Butcher also had illicit drugs in his system, Canada said.

Butcher was booked into the Monroe County Jail on Wednesday.