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Police: Boys Exposed Mom As Drug Dealer

Cocaine Shown At School; Woman Sought, Boyfriend Arrested

POSTED: 5:32 pm EDT September 28, 2007
UPDATED: 6:03 pm EDT September 28, 2007

Two brothers took cocaine to their elementary school to expose their mother as a drug dealer, prompting officers to seek the woman and arrest her boyfriend, police said.

Police said they've been looking for Deborah Jones (pictured), 32, since Wednesday, when her sons brought three rocks of crack cocaine to Mary Evelyn Castle Elementary School in Lawrence.

One boy showed the drugs to an assistant principal and said his mother was dealing drugs from their Lawrence apartment, police said.

Both boys later told investigators they'd find more drugs in the home, and one said Jones' boyfriend, Claude Nash, threatened to hurt them if they told anyone. The boys were afraid to return home, Lawrence police Sgt. James Vaughan said.

"They finally had enough and they brought the proof to school," Vaughn told 6News' Jack Rinehart.

Officers went to the apartment and found Nash, who was arrested on an outstanding warrant. He eventually was charged with dealing cocaine and criminal recklessness.

Cocaine and other drugs were in the apartment, police said.

Claude Nash

Jones is being sought on charges of dealing cocaine and neglect of a dependant, police said.

The children were put into protective custody.

"I think the kids did the right thing for bringing this to the staff at the school so the police were notified," Vaughan said.

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