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Posted: 10:11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012

Police: Pot smoking mom drives U-Haul with toddler in folding chair

Mother drives while high on drugs
A two-year-old child is found sitting on a fold-up lawn chair inside the cab of a U-Haul.

By Michael Purdy

Tulsa, Okla. —

Tulsa police arrest a woman for driving high in a U-Haul, with her two-year-old child sitting by her side without a car seat.

Tulsa arrest report states 20-year-old Kanisha Owens was taken into custody around 8:45 p.m. Saturday evening.

TPD pulled the vehicle over near the 100 block of North Martin Luther King Boulevard.

An officer noticed the suspect had a slow speech pattern, droopy eyes and she smelled like marijuana.  The report states the suspect also had issues answering questions.

Owens' child was sitting in a fold-up lawn chair in the cab of the U-Haul.

She was arrested on counts of child endangerment, DUI drugs and a child restraint violation.

 
 
 

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