The stepfather of a five-year-old boy was arrested yesterday after the child brought dozens of packets of heroin to a show and tell at his Connecticut kindergarten.
The child was proudly displaying packets of a powdery substance to his kindergarten classmates in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on Monday when his teacher noticed what he was holding, Detective Keith Bryant of the Bridgeport Police Department said.
"He was waving it around," Det Bryant said, adding that the teacher collected the packets and immediately notified her supervisors. Authorities were called, and a test determined the substance was heroin, he said.
Later, the child's stepfather, Santos Roman (35) showed up at the school and was arrested. "He went to retrieve it [the heroin], and it wasn't there so he came back for his stepson," Det Bryant said.
Mr Roman was arraigned yesterday on three drug-possession charges, including intent to sell within 457m of a school and risk of injury to a minor. He was held on $100,000 (€76,281) bail.
Reuters