MINER, Mo. (AP) -- A southeast Missouri man faces drug charges after catching clothing around his crotch on fire, allegedly while using the shake-and-bake method to make methamphetamine.
The Sikeston Standard-Democrat reported that 44-year-old John Smith is accused of several felonies.
On Friday, witnesses told police they saw a man get out of his vehicle with a bottle on fire and flames in the area of his crotch. He ran toward a trash bin, poured out the contents, threw out the bottle and fled.
Smith was arrested at a hotel. He had blisters from the fire but was not badly hurt.
In shake-and-bake meth making, ingredients are typically placed in a plastic soda bottle and shaken.
Police found meth-making ingredients in the trash bin. Smith is jailed on $75,000 bond.
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