Anderson pleads to making meth in car

ST. IGNACE, MI--   A downstate man has pleaded guilty to operating a methamphetamine lab in his vehicle. 

Joseph Anderson, 29, of Middleville and his passenger, Samantha Keith, 21, had just crossed the Mackinac Bridge June 5 when they were stopped for a cracked windshield.  Officers thought they smelled marijuana, but a search of the vehicle uncovered packets of methamphetamine, syringes, meth-making chemicals, and bottles of a mixture that suggested the suspects were making the drug inside the vehicle.

Anderson pleaded guilty to operating a meth lab.  Sentencing is set for October 25 in Mackinac County Court. 

A pre-trial conference for is set for October 5 for Keith, who is also charged with operating a meth lab.