Chattanooga Police on Monday received a tip regarding a meth lab and a boy who was burned at 6393 Fairview Road. The officers found eight one-pot method labs, also known as shake-n-bakes, and a two-year-old boy who had second-degree burns on his chest and stomach.
There was also a four-year-old boy in the home who did not appear to have any injuries. Both boys, and their seven-year-old brother who was in school, were taken to Children’s Hospital for treatment and testing.
It has not yet been determined if the boy was burned from chemicals associated with the meth labs.
The Tennessee Meth Task Force, Department of Children’s Services and the Chattanooga Police Department’s Narcotics and Child Abuse Units have been assigned to the case.
The mother of the boys, 31-year-old Elizabeth Cushwa, has been charged with initiating manufacture of methamphetamine, aggravated child abuse and three counts of reckless endangerment.