Four-year-old brings crack cocaine to school

INDIANAPOLIS – A four-year-old boy brought crack cocaine worth up to US$10 000 (about N$66 000) to his pre-school class, authorities said.

Police said the boy took rocks of crack cocaine out of his backpack on Monday and showed them to other children in his Head Start class, saying the drugs were flour. Teachers realised it was cocaine and called authorities.Police searched the boy’s home, but did not find the parents, Sergeant Russell Burns said.”This could have killed these kids,” said another police officer, Sergeant Roger Tuchek.Indianapolis police said on Tuesday they were still seeking the boy’s parents, Kenneth Lee Green (24) and Andrea D Jackson (23).Jackson was wanted on a warrant for failing to appear in court, court records showed.Green had been convicted of carrying an unlicensed firearm, resisting law enforcement and marijuana possession.The boy and his sister have been placed in protective custody.- Nampa-APTeachers realised it was cocaine and called authorities.Police searched the boy’s home, but did not find the parents, Sergeant Russell Burns said.”This could have killed these kids,” said another police officer, Sergeant Roger Tuchek.Indianapolis police said on Tuesday they were still seeking the boy’s parents, Kenneth Lee Green (24) and Andrea D Jackson (23).Jackson was wanted on a warrant for failing to appear in court, court records showed.Green had been convicted of carrying an unlicensed firearm, resisting law enforcement and marijuana possession.The boy and his sister have been placed in protective custody.- Nampa-AP