Police bust Council Bluffs meth lab across from school

Council Bluffs police shut down a meth lab operating in a house directlyacross the street from a Council Bluffs elementary school. Officers went tothe home yesterday afternoon after neighbors reported a domestic disturbanceand the distinct smell of ammonia. Officer Beau Wake says once inside,police were concerned for three small children.Wake says the home had no electricity and the kids slept in a basementbedroom — right beside the meth-making materials.The kids, who range in age from two to seven, were taken away from theirmother, who lived in the home with her boyfriend, and they’re now in thecustody of their biological father. The woman was not taken into policecustody, but her boyfriend, 31-year-old Terry Fogle was. Sergeant BobBrietzski says police were very concerned about the childrens’ welfare.