The sheriff’s department arrested three people, including a mother and son, last week in connection with the manufacture of meth. According to Sheriff Patrick Ray, Brandon Keith Thomas, 29, his mother 54-year-old Sharon Thomas, and 40-year-old Shawn Rene Gibson of McMinnville were all taken into custody on Sept. 20 after a deputy received a tip of a possible meth lab at a home on Sparta Highway. Upon arrival, the deputy saw that the back door was open and allegedly observed Brandon Thomas shaking a bottle in the doorway.