GAFFNEY, S.C.-- "We went inside and you could see the marijuana smoke it was so thick and you could smell it," said Officer Johnny Miller, Gaffney Police Department.
That's what officers say they encountered when they went to the house of Jacinta Jenkins after they say her three-year-old showed up to school, South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind, smelling of marijuana.
"Me and my baby came in from school and guests in my house had been smoking marijuana and you could smell it," said Jacinta Jenkins, the girl's mother.
After officers smelled the smoke they found several marijuana roaches, or used marijuana cigarettes, in the house. Police arrested the mother 24-year-old Jacinta Jenkins along with two relatives 21-year-old John Jenkins Jr., and 21-year-old Corbett Smith. All of them were charged with possession of marijuana. The three-year-old was placed in her grandmother's custody. Police say they fear the child is still not safe.
"In light of new evidence we don't feel like that's the safest place for her to be and we are trying to find the baby," said Miller.
When FOX Carolina went to check, we found the mother, grandmother and child at home safe.
"Why do they want to paint my family to be such a terrible family? We are a loving family and I stand behind my kids though I don't condone that behavior," says Cheryl Jenkins.
While the family admits mistakes were made the mother says she is willing to do whatever it takes to keep her child safe.
"I love my daughter this is a loving family and we take care of her. We are the only ones that know how to take care of her," says Jenkins, Mother.
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23-02-2007, 17:52
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