WESTFIELD, N.Y. (WIVB) — A well-being check on children in the Town of Westfield turned into three arrests upon the discovery of a methamphetamine lab, the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday.

Police were called to a home on Ogden Road on Sunday night for the well-being check for two children. Upon the alleged discovery, police say they obtained a search warrant and found a quantity of fentanyl, methamphetamine, scales, packaging material used in distribution, and a shotgun.

30-year-old Gary Warren III, 53-year-old Julie Warren and 25-year-old Dana Walsh, all of Westfield, were arrested.

All three are facing second-degree unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine, criminal possession of a controlled substance in both the third and seventh degrees, second-degree criminally using drug paraphernalia and endangering the welfare of a child. In addition, Gary Warren III and Julie Warren are facing fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

All were transported to the centralized arraignment program at the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office Jail.

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