Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Two people are now facing charges after police found them asleep in a car with drugs, a gun and a small child.
Knoxville Police Department officials say the incident happened around 6:00 a.m. Monday when officers
responded to an address on Merchant Drive to find 39 year-old Shalena Wells and 45 year-old Jason Sullivan asleep in a Hyundai Accent. When they woke Sullivan up and he stepped out of the car, a “clear crystal like substance” fell out of his lap.
Officers also found a glass pipe, a cut straw and a .38 Smith and Wesson revolver. Police said they believed that the two had methamphetamine and cocaine in the car. According to police, the gun was in a black bag situated next to a child in the back seat.
Both Sullivan and Wells were charged with child abuse. Sullivan, a convicted felon, is also facing a weapons charge, and Wells was charged with several drug charges.
