Woman, 96, Charged With Selling Crack
From Times Wire Reports
March 14, 2004
A 96-year-old woman said she does not know how the crack cocaine that deputies found on her got into her wheelchair.
Julia Roberts of Kings Mountain, NC was charged with possession of crack with intent to sell and deliver, and with possessing a crack pipe, sheriff's officials said. She was freed pending a hearing.
A 96-year-old woman is facing drug charges after police allegedly found crack cocaine in her wheelchair.
Sheriff's Office Captain, Bobby Steen, said the pensioner, her son and two other men traded the drugs for stolen jewellery and guns.
The woman's son, Harold, 61, is charged with possession of stolen goods.
According to court papers, an informant told police she'd hidden crack in her prosthetic leg during a previous search by officers.
