Overview
- Police arrested 31-year-old Xin Tong after they found an alleged meth lab inside Michigan State University's Wells Hall.
- Prosecutors charged Tong with operating or maintaining a methamphetamine lab and with malicious destruction of a building over $20,000.
- Tong was arraigned and is being held on a $500,000 cash or surety bond in the Ingham County Jail.
- MSU closed Wells Hall for safety evaluations and moved scheduled exams to other locations.
- Officers said they seized sodium hydroxide, hydrochloric acid, methanol, isopropyl alcohol, acetone, and butane, chemicals that can contaminate indoor spaces and require specialized cleanup.