Mother Arrested In Shelby On Drug Charges While Child In The Car

It was supposed to be a routine checkpoint, designed to catch traffic violators on Wyke Road in Shelby, but instead police say they caught Alisha McEntyre with a marijuana cigar in the ash tray, a lot more drugs packaged to sell and her 18-month-old daughter in the back seat.

According to the police report, McEntyre was pulled over because she didn't have her seatbelt fastened, but when the officer got there, he noticed a strong smell of marijuana.

The officer writes that when he questioned her about the smell and she told him, "I smoked a blunt earlier and that one was in the ashtray."

Capt. Jeff Ledford said officers soon learned there was more than just a smoked cigar.

“Asked for consent to search and got it, and that's when all the drugs and the marijuana was found,” he said.

Officers found 95.5 grams of marijuana -- some prepackaged in small bags -- and 1.5 grams of cocaine.

The amount was enough to charge McEntyre with a felony.

Officers said amount is not unusual, but the child in the car made it a disturbing case.

“In most of these cases you don't have kids involved, and that's the tragic part,” Ledford said.