BANGOR, Maine — Personnel from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency are investigating a suspected methamphetamine manufacturing operation that came to light as a result of an incident Wednesday night on Birch Street.
MDEA Cmdr. Peter Arno said Thursday that state drug agents executed a search warrant at a residence at 141 Birch St. and recovered evidence consistent with the making of the drug.
“We seized a fair amount of evidence over there,” Arno said Thursday night.
The MDEA also searched a black Chrysler Sebring that is being held at the city’s impound lot off Hammond Street, he said.
The incident that led to the drug investigation happened about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday night, according to a news release issued Thursday afternoon by Bangor police Sgt. Tim Cotton.
Cotton said that Bangor police arrested Amanda Rounds, 27, after she allegedly struck a bicyclist intentionally on Birch Street.
Rounds first came to the attention of Bangor police after she reportedly was seen driving a car erratically, Bangor police Sgt. Tim Cotton said Thursday in a news release.
“The woman was first encountered by an off-duty Bangor police lieutenant,” Cotton said. “He reported that the woman appeared to purposely drive her vehicle into a snowbank and then became belligerent when asked about the situation.”
When city patrol officers arrived, they learned that Rounds had left her initial location and had then intentionally struck a bicyclist traveling up Birch Street, Cotton said. An investigation indicated that Rounds and the man on the bicycle knew each other and had recently been involved in an altercation.
Rounds was arrested on charges of aggravated assault and criminal mischief.
During a follow-up investigation, Bangor police determined that it was possible that the incident may have involved the production of methamphetamines, Cotton said. That information was turned over to MDEA, he said.
Arno said that Rounds and the bicyclist, whose name was not immediately released, were residing with a relative at the Birch Street location. He said the relative was not involved in the drug operation.
As of Thursday evening, neither Rounds nor the bicyclist had been charged in connection with the meth lab.
Wednesday’s incident was not Rounds’ first encounter with police.
She was arrested in March 2013 after she turned herself in by walking into the Bangor police station, according to a story from the Bangor Daily News archives.
At that time, she had three outstanding warrants in Penobscot County and one out of Aroostook County.
The Aroostook County warrant was issued for two charges: operating after suspension and violations of condition of release. Her other warrants were for violation of condition of release, operating after suspension and possession of hallucinogenic drugs.