Deputies: Crestview meth lab shut down (photos)

Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded Sunday to complaints of smoke and strange odors coming from a suspected methamphetamine lab located at 957 B St. in Crestview.

When they arrived at the house, Robert McDonald, 39, tried to run out the back door, but was confronted by law enforcement and went back inside, according to a press release.

Other occupants of the house allowed deputies to enter, however, McDonald could not be found, deputies reported. The occupants told deputies about a trap door in the bathroom that allowed access to underneath the home, through which McDonald had climbed.

McDonald was seen by deputies under the house, but refused to come out. A sheriff's special response team arrested McDonald after spraying a "chemical irritant" under the house to force him to come out, according to the press release.

While inside the house, deputies saw items used in the manufacturing of methamphetamine in plain view, the press release states. Okaloosa Drug Task Force Investigators were called to the scene and obtained a search warrant for the methamphetamine lab.

McDonald is charged with trafficking in methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting an officer without violence.

Another occupant at the house, Kenneth Ben Williams, 21, of Crestview is charged with possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) and drug paraphernalia.