Police: 4-month-old baby found in Dunn hotel room with meth lab

Dunn officers were called around 6:30 a.m. that morning to the Seven Day Inn, at 700 E. Cumberland St., and were led to a room due to reports of a woman screaming and a baby crying. When they go to the room. They were met by Christopher Ray, who let officers into the room.

Police said the officers found a woman, Jessica Midyette, in the room with the infant. Once inside, the officers "noticed a strong chemical smell usually associated with the manufacturing of methamphetamine."

Officersd= then found another man in the bathroom, who was identified as William Wright. In the bathroom with Wright were several bottles of liquid, one which held a blue crystal-like substance. Narcotics units later confirmed there was a meth lab in the room.

All three people were arrested and charged with manufacturing methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine, police said. The Department of Social Services was contacted to care for the child.