March 19, 2009

Charlottesville Police are waiting on test results to see if they'll file any charges in connection with several chemicals they took out of an apartment.

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March 18, 2009

Jefferson Area Drug Enforcement and Charlottesville Police are investigating a possible drug lab in an apartment complex near UVa grounds. Authorities say all the unknown chemicals have been taken away and the building is safe.

Some apartments were evacuated during the search. There were no reported injuries.

Law enforcement first arrived on the scene around 7:30 pm on Tuesday. They had received a call saying there was a chemical odor coming from one of the apartments. Officials do have suspects, but no arrests have been made, pending chemical tests at a Commonwealth lab in Richmond. It is unknown when those tests will come back.

The complex is called the Grand Marc At The Corner, located at 301 15th Street NW. Hazmat crews set up right inside the entrance to the parking garage and had the left side closed off.

Some residents that were leaving the building this morning said they weren't aware of the situation. Others had received an email around 4 A.M. from the complex stating they would keep them up to date on deveolpments, but currently did not have any information. An apartment complex employee was unable to comment on the situation.

One person was told he could not get his car out of the garage and would have to come back later Tuesday afternoon for it.

There were numerous fire trucks, ambulances and police vehicles on scene. A hazmat truck sat in the parking garage driveway until crews cleared out around eight Tuesday morning.