Tea Man Arrested On Meth Charges Following Fire

An overnight fire in a Tea, SD apartment has led to the arrest of 32-year old Jesse Rains on charges of manufacturing meth.

The Tea Fire Department was called just after midnight for the apartment fire where they also found materials they believed were used to make meth.

Rains faces charges of possessing, making, and using meth. In addition, Rains is also facing a fugitive from justice charge in connection with an Iowa theft.