SWEET SPRINGS, Mo. – A Missouri mom was facing felony charges Thursday after her kindergartner son brought a crack pipe and several baggies of methamphetamine to school for show-and-tell.
Michelle Marie Cheatum, 32, has been charged with two class C felonies -- possession of a controlled substance and endangering the welfare of a child, the Marshall Democrat-News reported.
Cops found a crack pipe and a butane lighter when they searched her home in Sweet Springs, Mo., about 60 miles east of Kansas City, after school officials notified police of the incident Sept. 6.
Cheatum could face up to seven years in the Missouri Department of Corrections if convicted, the Democrat-News reported.
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