Napalm found in Milton meth lab

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Santa Rosa County Sheriff?s Office narcotics investigators were serving a search warrant for drugs at the home of a scientist Thursday when they came across a Mason jar that had napalm in it.

Napalm is a gel-like agent used in incendiary devices. It was used in warfare and as a fuel for flamethrowers.

Investigators found the substance and a methamphetamine lab in a shed while searching the property of Seth Stanley of the 5500 block of Anthony Avenue, Sheriff?s Office spokesman Sgt. Scott Haines said.

An arsenal of ammunition and guns, including a German-made assault rifle, was found in Stanley?s home, Haines said.

The Sheriff?s Office would not name Stanley?s employer but said documents were found in the house that indicated he is a scientist.

He was arrested on charges of manufacturing methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, possession of felony drug equipment and possession of listed chemicals used to manufacture methamphetamine.

Stanley was released Thursday night on $45,000 bond.

Stanley lives outside the city limits of Milton in a neighborhood north of Berryhill Road.

?This is a really quiet neighborhood,? said Mary Donahoo, 57, who lives across the street from Stanley. ?I?m really surprised. There was really no indication that was going on over there.?

The Mason jar with napalm it was about half full.

When investigators noticed the jar, they had to ask Stanley what was inside of it, Haines said.

Haines said Stanley told investigators that he made the napalm. He said investigators are not sure why Stanley made it.

?Most of the time when people hear about napalm it?s talked about in reference to the Vietnam War or Korea,? Haines said. ?It was a very brutal form of killing people and clearing places for visibility. It is not something that needs to be in the hands of a civilian.?

Haines was not sure Thursday evening as to how the napalm would be disposed.

Investigators also found what Haines described as an elaborate methamphetamine lab in the shed.

?It was just more of a clean operation than what people usually have in their backyard shed,? Haines said.

Haines said Stanley was not making the type of methamphetamine that investigators are used to seeing.

?Basically, he said he learned from someone how to make methamphetamine and pretty much tweaked it based on his knowledge to make it more suitable for his needs and his usage of it,? Haines said.

Stanley told the Sheriff?s Office that he was making a mellowed down version of the drug and that the usual side effects of methamphetamine, such as paranoia, were not as bad, Haines said.

?The reason he was producing it as that was that he wanted it to simulate Adderall, which was supposedly easier for him than to actually get Adderall,? Haines said.

Adderall is a prescription drug used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Stanley?s next door neighbors, Jeffrey Scott, 49, and Jessica Curcuru, 59, described him as a nice man they sometime chatted with but did not know well.

Curcuru said she could not believe that investigators found napalm in the shed.

?That blew me away,? she said. ?That shocked me more than the meth. It?s just crazy. I didn?t know it existed any more.?

Scott said he visited his neighbor several times to see his wood carvings but never saw anything that looked to be illegal.

?We had no idea that was going on over there,? he said. ?Seth was a nice, quiet guy. I never thought that he would be doing something like that. Right now, I still don?t believe it.?

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[DocM]

Not that homebrewed napalm is that hard to make - gasoline + a trip to the grocery store.

[mokthraka]

I like how they make a big deal about the napalm. Me and my friend made it when we where younger. It's pretty easy to get rid of... Burn it!

Anyways I wonder if this guys name is Walter.

[Seizure1990]

I found it interesting that he wasn't just producing meth, he was experimenting and creating different compounds.