It wasn't your usual show-and-tell session. In a Missouri kindergarten class, a six-year old boy followed his teacher's instructions to the letter. He brought in what was nearest and dearest to his mother: her crack pipe and a few baggies filled with $3,700 worth of crystal meth.
You can just imagine the expression his teacher's face. Of course school official's quickly contacted police, who searched the 32-year-old mom, Michelle Marie Cheatham's home. A search dog named "Boomer" found the crack pipe.
Cheatham was then charged with class C felony possession of a controlled substance and with class C felony endangering the welfare of a child. If convicted, she could face up to seven years in the Missouri Department of Corrections or up to one year in the county jail and/or up to a $5,000 fine.
In what was a notable first in Police Chief Richard Downing's career, the crystals brought into school by the child tested positive for methamphetamine.
Needless to say, the child is now under the care of relatives.
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