Agents of the Southcentral Kentucky Drug Task Force found two young children living in horrible conditions last week when they busted a meth house in Auburn.

On Wednesday, the task force responded to a tip of a possible methamphetamine lab dump site beside Montgomery Road about two miles south of Auburn.

While the agents were cleaning up the dump, they noticed a person that kept driving by the location.

After completing the cleanup, the went to the man’s home, which was also on Montgomery Road.

The subject, 25-year-old James C. King (a.k.a. Chopper), gave the drug task force agents permission to search his home, where they found a meth lab and two children – ages 1 and 3 – living in horrible conditions.

“A large percentage of drug houses we go into are really crappy - especially the ones with meth labs,” said Jerry Smith, the director of the Southcentral Kentucky Drug Task Force. “This house was one of the worst our agents have ever seen. It was full of garbage and dirty diapers that had never been taken out.”

The Department of Child Protection and Permanency was called in because of the two children, who were removed from the home and taken to Logan Memorial Hospital with respiratory problems.

While agents were searching the home, the children’s mother, 31-year-old Angela M. Crump, also came home.

Both Crump and King were arrested and lodged in the Logan County Detention Center.

They were charged with possession of a schedule controlled substance first degree (methamphetamine,) possession of drug paraphernalia and endangering the welfare of a minor. King was also charged with felony possession of anhydrous ammonia in an improper container and manufacturing methamphetamine. Crump was also charged with complicity to manufacture methamphetamine.

“The concerned citizen who called in the meth lab dump site should be commended for helping save the lives of two small, innocent children,” Smith said. “This is something that is coming too often. The drug task force cleaned up two meth lab sites and one meth lab on this date. All three were in different locations. This shows the problem we are having with methamphetamine. Child endangerment is on the rise from adults who have no concerns for the safety and welfare of children. The Southcentral Kentucky Drug Task Force is only a phone call away. if you suspect drug activity or know of children living in this type of environment, please call us of the Department of Protection and Permanency. Children are out there who need our help.”