A man local drug agents believe was suffering from delusions when he called 911 to report a burglary at his home was arrested Tuesday and faces numerous methamphetamine-related charges.
Savannah-Chatham police initially responded to 35-year-old Robert Boyles’ Beaufort Road home after he called 911 and advised a dispatcher he believed he was home alone and had heard voices inside the residence, said Gene Harley, spokesman for the Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team.
The responding officers, searching the home for signs of a burglary, found several items the believed could be related to methamphetamine manufacture and asked CNT agents to respond to the location, Harley said.
Agents quickly confirmed the Savannah-Chatham officers’ suspicions, finding objects used to both make and use meth. Agents also found evidence showing a batch of the synthetic narcotic had likely been recently manufactured at the location, Harley said.
“Methamphetamine can make people hears voices, see things that aren’t really there or even believe they feel things like bugs crawling under their skin,” Harley said. “Users also often suffer from persecutory delusion — believing people are out to get them or that they’re under surveillance.”
CNT arrested Boyles and charged him with a number of felony and misdemeanor counts including possession of substances with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine, trafficking methamphetamine and unlawful use of 911. Boyles remains in the Chatham County jail and CNT expects to make additional arrests relate to the case, Harley said.