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KENTUCKY...
A couple faces charges after police say they made meth in the home where their children also live.

After getting a complaint, deputies from the Laurel County Sheriff's Office went to the home, on Bert Reams Road.

Deputies say when they arrived, they found items used to make meth, along with evidence that meth had been made there recently. Laurel County Sheriff Fred Yaden called it a "fairly elaborate situation."

Deputies say three children, ages 6, 3, and 21 months, were also inside the home at the time.

"That intensifies it as far as we're concerned," Yaden said. "This seems to be happening more often. The children are our future, and we don't want them to be at risk at anything."

Social Services removed the children from the home. They were taken to a hospital in London to be treated for exposure to meth.

The parents, 31-year-old Joseph Wallace and 25-year-old Jennifer Wallace, were both arrested at the scene.

Both are charged with manufacturing meth. They're being held at the Laurel County Detention Center.