Two men Monday were ordered to stand trial on drug charges stemming from a suspected methamphetamine lab found last month at a Butler apartment.

Christopher R. Bedner, 51, and Thomas J. Clark, 25, both of Butler were held for court following their preliminary hearings before District Judge William Fullerton.

Earlier Monday, two brothers — Jonah Post, 34, and Jesse J. Post, 37, both of Waterford, Erie County — also linked to the alleged meth lab on the 300 block of West Cunningham Street, gave up their rights to hearings.

The Posts' sister, Sarah R. Post, 41, of Butler two weeks ago also waived to court her own case on meth lab-related charges.

All five defendants are being held in the Butler County Prison.

Butler County Assistant District Attorney Laura Pitchford presented testimony at the hearing from Butler police Sgt. Ben Spangler and Douglas Brink, a narcotics agent with the stare attorney general's office.

Spangler said a call about a fight Nov. 7 led police to the house which is divided into apartments.

The alleged victim told police that the fight occurred after he showed up looking for his girlfriend, Sarah K. Gamble, 26, who has no known address.

The fight apparently started “over (Gamble doing drugs in the apartment,” Spangler told Clark's attorney, Armand Cingolani III. The victim had gone to get her.

While recounting what happened, Spangler said, the victim also told police that he knew there was a meth lab inside the apartment.

He provided “credible“ information, the officer testified.

Spangler said a police informant earlier had given them information that meth was being cooked and sold in the apartment.

He said police contacted Brink, who searched the National Precursor Log Exchange, a database that records, tracks and in some cases blocks the sale of products containing pseudoephedrine, like Sudafed, the main ingredient used to produce meth.

Brink testified that he learned Bedner and Clark between August and early November had purchased large quantities of pseudoephedrine from local stores.

Spangler said he parlayed the information from the alleged fight victim, the informant and Brink into a search warrant for the apartment Nov. 7.

According to court documents, Bedner is listed on the lease agreement and Sarah Post and Jonah Post also had been living there.

Brink testified about a list of items seized from the home that are commonplace in the operation of one-pot meth labs. Among the evidence was tubing, sulfuric acid, salt, cold packs, empty soda and water bottles, drain cleaner, lithium batteries and empty packs of Sudafed and empty bottles of Zippo fluid bottles.

Spangler told Bedner's attorney, Kenneth Harris, that police only found Sarah Post and Gamble possessing methamphetamine at the apartment.

Bedner, Clark and the three Post siblings are charged with operating a meth lab, possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, conspiracy, risking a catastrophe and possession of a controlled substance.

Additionally, all but Jesse Post are charged with possession of chemicals and other precursors with intent to manufacture methamphetamine.

Gamble is charged only with possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia, not the meth lab.

Bedner, Clark and Jonah Post are in the county prison on $100,000 bail each; Jesse Post is in on $5,000 bail; and Jonah Post is being held without bail.

Gamble is free on her own recognizance.