7 Arrested on Felony Drug Charges with Toddlers in Home
By: Brea Douglas, KTVE
Updated: August 9, 2012
El Dorado Police and Union County Deputies arrested seven people on several felony charges including drug possession and child endangerment on Tuesday.
The bust took place at a home on North Parkway where police found marijuana and digital scales.
There were also 1 and 2-year-old children found in the home leading to child endangerment charges for all of the suspects.
The suspects are being held at the Union County Jail.
The bust took place at a home on North Parkway where police found marijuana and digital scales.
There were also 1 and 2-year-old children found in the home leading to child endangerment charges for all of the suspects.
The suspects are being held at the Union County Jail.
Comments
its very simple dont break the law and you dont have to worry about being in trouble
lloyd b.
August 10, 2012 at 9:53 am
growing, seriously?
I bet you are a registered voter too, huh?
jacob j.
August 9, 2012 at 11:45 pm
Thanks for putting FELONY in all caps so I could see it better. Just because something is a FELONY doesn't mean it should be. We could possibly assume the other FELONY may have been firearms because being in possession of marijuana and a gun makes the gun an automatic felony. Let's replace weed with beer. "Home busted with beer and empty beer bottles containing beer residue and boxes used for beer transport. There were also children present and the occupants owned a gun". Sound less threatening now? It shouldn't. The drug laws of this country are what create the hysteria. I can drive down the street in my car with a case of liquor in the trunk and a gun in my waistband and be completely within the law but replace the liquor with weed and I'm a dealer and a felon. We need to top locking up nearly 1 million people per year for non-violent drug offenses and creating more criminals.
Steve M.
August 9, 2012 at 11:31 pm
When minor children are present during the commission of a FELONY crime, everyone involved in that crime is automatically charged with endangerment. As they should be.
As the article states, possession was just one of several felony charge. If there is drug residue on the scales, then they will also be charged with either distribution or intent, and probably manufacturing (growing).
Jack J.
August 9, 2012 at 11:18 pm
What danger were the children in I'd like to know?
Steve M.
August 9, 2012 at 10:35 pm
Since when were marijuana or scales deadly? "Oh no, marijuana? Scales? Children? The humanity!" When are we going to stop ruining peoples lives over something that's less deadly than alcohol?
Steve M.
August 9, 2012 at 10:34 pm
