Caledonia Argus

Omnibus hearings set for five men arrested in meth lab bust

Posted: 10/14/03

By Shannon McKinney
Argus News Reporter

Omnibus hearings were requested last week for five men who were arrested for their involvement in a methamphetamine lab in a trailer house a few miles outside of Eitzen.

Ronnie Lee Shefelbine, 21, of Caledonia is being represented by attorney Gregory Schultz. A request for Shefelbine to attend an in-patient chemical dependency program was denied by District Judge James Fabian.

Levi John Jones, 19, of Harpers Ferry, Iowa was represented by Karin Sonneman, a public defender.

Theodore J. Hawver, 20, Spring Grove was represented by James Schultz a public defender. A request from Schultz for Hawver to be released on his own recognizance was denied by Judge Fabian.

Tod Spencer Weston, 39, Eitzen, was represented by Ross Phelps, a public defender.

Thomas Alvin Monson, 22, of Spring Grove, is represented by Candace Rasmussen, a public defender.

All five have been charged with three felony counts including first degree manufacturing of a controlled substance and liability of crimes of another; possession of methamphetamine; and tampering with anhydrous ammonia.

Weston is additionally charged with possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree.

Shefelbine, Jones and Weston remain in the custody of the Houston County jail while Monson and Hawver are in the Fillmore County jail.

Joint omnibus hearings for the five have been set for Monday, November 3 at 8:30 a.m.

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