A clandestine methamphetamine lab was found in the woods in the Ulster County town of Rochester on Sunday, June 20, according to the Ulster County Sheriff's Office.
Police found the meth lab in a "wooded area" on the property of 28-year-old Randall Lynch after responding to a domestic dispute in which Lynch allegedly assaulted his girlfriend and threatened her with a knife in the presence of a child, police said in a press release.
Police say that they found Lynch walking along Samsonville Rd., arrested him, and found "precursor ingredients used in the manufacturing of methamphetamine" in his possession.
Police searched Lynch's property and found the meth lab, and then called the the New York State Police Contaminated Crime Scene Emergency Response Team, which removed the laboratory materials from the property, police say.
Lynch was charged with felony unlawful manufacturing of methamphetamine and misdemeanor assault, menacing, criminal possession of a weapon, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal possession of a controlled substance, police say.
He was arraigned in the Town of Rochester Court and was remanded to the Ulster County Jail with no bail, according to the press release.
