from www.cbsnews.com – DIAMONDHEAD, Miss. (CBS/AP) Less than two weeks after Vikings quarterback Brett Favre was fined $50,000 by the NFL and then sued by two masseuses who say he sexually harassed them, his sister, Brandi Favre, was arrested during a raid on a Mississippi condo where people were making crystal meth, according to police.
Brandi Favre, 34, was among five people arrested Wednesday in Diamondhead, located about 60 miles northeast of New Orleans, and was charged with manufacturing methamphetamine and generating hazardous waste, said Hancock County Sheriff’s Maj. Matt Karl.
According to local station WLOX, Karl said, “We bought some meth off of an individual and that’s what led us to this location here.”
Two of the other suspects face the same charges as Brandi Favre. The other two were charged with sale of a controlled substance. And one of them also faces a charge of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. The four other suspects ranged in age from 25 to 53.
About nine grams of the drug – worth about $1,000 – were recovered and hazardous materials teams had to clear the condo, Karl said. According to WLOX, he described the chemical smell in the condo as “overwhelming,” causing officials to evacuate seven neighboring units.
Brandi Favre was in custody and has an initial court appearance scheduled Thursday morning.
It is not the first time Brandi Favre has been in trouble with the law.
In 1999, Brandi Favre, her sister-in-law and another woman were booked with felony shoplifting. In 1996, she was charged with unlawful use of a weapon in connection with a drive-by shooting at a motel in Slidell, La. At the time she was a student at Southern Mississippi, where Brett Favre played. She completed a program in Louisiana that allowed her criminal charges to be erased.
Karl said officers are “very familiar” with her. “She’s always in trouble,” he said.