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Hampton - A 5-year-old boy who found marijuana in his house on Monday took it to his Hampton elementary school and gave it to a teacher's aide, police said.
And he said there was more where that came from.
When the police found out, officers searched the boy's house and found more drugs, then arrested his father on drug and child neglect charges.
Hampton school officials couldn't remember such a young child bringing drugs to school before, said schools spokeswoman Ann Stephens.
"It's a sad situation," Stephens said.
The boy, who attends kindergarten at Barron Elementary School, told the aide on Monday he had something in his pocket that didn't belong to him, according to a search warrant affidavit filed in Hampton Circuit Court. He then pulled out a plastic baggie of marijuana. "He knew it was something he shouldn't have," said Hampton police Cpl. Jimmie Wideman. "He gave it to the teacher and said there was more at the house."
The baggie, commonly called a "nickel bag," contained about $5 worth of marijuana, police said.
The boy told a police officer assigned to the school that his father, 36-year-old Jerry Lavonne Freeman, had the marijuana in the kitchen and was putting it into other plastic bags, the affidavit stated.
Police found about an ounce and a quarter of marijuana at the house, along with two digital scales, a cell phone, two opened boxes of plastic baggies and $238 in cash, according to the search warrant. The marijuana has a street value of about $125.
Officers arrested Freeman and charged him with possession of marijuana with the intent to sell it, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and child neglect. He was taken to the Hampton City Jail, where he remained Tuesday on $35,000 bond.
Freeman was arrested on drug charges before, court records show. In 2002, he was convicted in Hampton of possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute - the same thing he was charged with Monday - and given a suspended six-month jail sentence. Freeman's wife, the boy's mother, apparently didn't know what was going on in her house, Wideman said.
She worked two jobs and attended school while Freeman served as the main care giver for the couple's five children, police said. Police contacted Child Protective Services after the arrest. For now, Wideman said, the five children will remain in their house.
By Kim O'Brien Root
Dailypress.com
News - Daily Press
And he said there was more where that came from.
When the police found out, officers searched the boy's house and found more drugs, then arrested his father on drug and child neglect charges.
Hampton school officials couldn't remember such a young child bringing drugs to school before, said schools spokeswoman Ann Stephens.
"It's a sad situation," Stephens said.
The boy, who attends kindergarten at Barron Elementary School, told the aide on Monday he had something in his pocket that didn't belong to him, according to a search warrant affidavit filed in Hampton Circuit Court. He then pulled out a plastic baggie of marijuana. "He knew it was something he shouldn't have," said Hampton police Cpl. Jimmie Wideman. "He gave it to the teacher and said there was more at the house."
The baggie, commonly called a "nickel bag," contained about $5 worth of marijuana, police said.
The boy told a police officer assigned to the school that his father, 36-year-old Jerry Lavonne Freeman, had the marijuana in the kitchen and was putting it into other plastic bags, the affidavit stated.
Police found about an ounce and a quarter of marijuana at the house, along with two digital scales, a cell phone, two opened boxes of plastic baggies and $238 in cash, according to the search warrant. The marijuana has a street value of about $125.
Officers arrested Freeman and charged him with possession of marijuana with the intent to sell it, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and child neglect. He was taken to the Hampton City Jail, where he remained Tuesday on $35,000 bond.
Freeman was arrested on drug charges before, court records show. In 2002, he was convicted in Hampton of possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute - the same thing he was charged with Monday - and given a suspended six-month jail sentence. Freeman's wife, the boy's mother, apparently didn't know what was going on in her house, Wideman said.
She worked two jobs and attended school while Freeman served as the main care giver for the couple's five children, police said. Police contacted Child Protective Services after the arrest. For now, Wideman said, the five children will remain in their house.
By Kim O'Brien Root
Dailypress.com
News - Daily Press
