Police were dispatched to the motel after people called the department because they thought they had seen a man who was wanted by police. When police arrived at the motel and knocked on the door, a man answered and the officers said they noticed a chemical odor in the room, Bush said.
"There were chemicals present and meth in the room," the chief said. The man who answered the door was not the man police were looking for, the chief said.
"He looks like him [the wanted suspect], but it's not him," Bush said.
At that point, the man told police that there was a meth lab in his room, Bush said. Police removed the man from the room and called a hazardous materials unit and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, which dispatched an expert in the handling of meth labs.
The first three floors of the motel were evacuated on the side where the room was located, Bush said. There were no injuries.
The man who was removed from the room was taken to the Montgomery County Jail, where he will be detained. Police will present their case to the Montgomery County Prosecutor's Office for the filing of criminal charges, Bush said.