Harrison man arraigned on mobile meth lab charges

A Harrison man has been arraigned on charges of using a car as a mobile methamphetamine lab. Clare County Magistrate Rick LaBoda this afternoon arraigned Benjamin Q. Bristol, 30, on single counts of operating a methamphetamine lab, operating a meth lab near a school, residence or church, possession of marijuana and operating a motor vehicle on a suspended license. The first two counts are 20-year felonies. LaBoda set Bristol's bond at $100,000 or 10 percent. Around 2:10 a.m. today, a Clare County sheriff's deputy noticed the 1998 Plymouth Bristol was driving did not have a working taillight. The deputy pulled over Bristol near the intersection of First and Main streets in Harrison and discovered the meth lab inside the car, Sheriff John S. Wilson has said.

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