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Real-life ‘Breaking Bad'? Chemistry teacher pleads guilty to making meth in New Mexico

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A real life "Breaking Bad" episode unfolded in New Mexico.

High school chemistry teacher John Gose pleaded guilty earlier this week to producing methamphetamine.

The 56-year-old taught chemistry, science and vocational training at high schools and middle schools in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and El Paso, Texas.

The case bears a striking resemblance to the storyline of Walter White, the main character in "Breaking Bad."
Both are in New Mexico, with a middle-aged chemistry teacher making meth.

Gose was arrested last October during a traffic stop in Las Cruces. Police found a white Styrofoam ice chest with all of the tools needed to make meth: glassware, rubber tubing and chemicals.

A later search of property Gose owns turned up enough chemicals to make about a pound of meth, worth more than $40,000 on the street.

The judge in the case ordered Gose to undergo a 60-day diagnostic evaluation before he's sentenced.