81-yr-old Woman Suffers Acid Burns from Grandson's Meth Making Materials

An 81-year-old Bethel Springs woman is recovering after spilling acid used to make meth on her legs.

 

Mary Tate was reaching for the phone in her home Tuesday afternoon when she tipped a plastic bottle onto the floor. Inside was a sulfuric acid.

 

 "I spilled it and saw it turn the carpet black," said Tate. "I knew there was something wrong."

 

Police say the acid was put in Tate's house by her 20 year old great grandson, Darren Talley. He, and a friend, Victoria Jones, have been charged with promotion of meth and reckless endangerment, because of the burns to Tate.

 

"When it spilled, it started eating through her nightgown," said McNairy County Sheriff Guy Buck.

 

This isn't Talley's first time dealing with meth charges. In fact, McNairy County deputies arrested Talley in a Hardin County courthouse where he was appearing for another unrelated meth charge.

 

Talley remains in custody.

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