This is the heartbreaking moment a sobbing nine-year-old boy handed police a huge bag of methamphetamine he found under his mother’s bedside table.
The youngster locked himself in the bathroom of the family’s $430,000 Las Vegas home, in the Nevada community of Inspirada, less than 20 miles from the Las Vegas strip, and FaceTimed his father, who then the police called.
When officers from the Henderson Police Department arrived, the child told them, “I just saw some bags and took them out and then I knew what it was.”
Police confirmed there were more than 100 grams of meth in the bag. The incident took place in July 2022, but police bodycam footage was released for the first time this week.
Kendra Long, the child’s mother, was arrested on charges of drug trafficking and child abuse. She told police she was unaware of the drugs in her home and posted $25,000 bail later that day, according to court records, Local 8News now reported.
Bodycam footage shows Henderson Police Department officers banging on the door of the home. The boy’s mother, Kendra Long, wearing a white T-shirt and red shorts, opens the door. The officer tells Long, “we are here to watch your son.”
Seconds later, the video shows the boy wearing a backpack approaching the officers and handing them a Ziplock bag containing white powder.
Pictured: Kendra Long was taken into custody on charges of drug trafficking and child abuse
Long’s mugshot after she was arrested by Henderson police in July 2022
Footage shows officers from the Henderson Police Department banging on the door of the home. Long – wearing a white T-shirt and red shorts – is seen opening the door.
The officer tells Long, “We’re here to check on your son.”
Seconds later, the video shows the boy with a backpack approaching the officers and handing them a plastic bag filled with white powder.
The boy, wearing shorts and a T-shirt with no shoes, is seen holding his iPad and appears shaken.
The second officer asks, “Hey, what’s going on. I’m Officer Hansen. Are you afraid? How are you man? Would you like to take a seat on the couch?’
His mother tells the officer, “He’s had my phone in the bathroom for an hour.”
The boy’s mother then tells the officers, “I have no idea what that is.”
The officer replies, “He just gave it to me.”
Then you hear her say, “Okay. Don’t know. Don’t know.’
The officer asks, “Is this your child?”
She replies, “Yes, he is my baby. He’s been in the bathroom for an hour, literally an hour.”
The officer holds up the bag and tells Long, “He showed Tony this stuff he found in the house.”
She replied, “I don’t even know what that is.”
The officer said, “Well, neither do I.”
Pictured: Police confirmed there were more than 100 grams of meth in the bag
Long repeated several times that she did not know what the white powder in the Ziplock bag was. Officer Engle told her, “To me it probably looks like methamphetamine, you know.”
The other officer is seen outside the house trying to comfort the boy who is crying on the couch.
Officer Hansen asked, “What did you find in the house that scared you?”
The boy said, “Drugs.”
The officer then asked, “Do you know what drugs look like?”
The boy told the officer, “Yes,” as he sobbed.
The officer told the child to “take a deep breath.”
He told the officer, “I just saw some bags. I was curious. I just pulled it out and then I knew what it was.”
The officer asked, “You thought it was drugs, like on TV and stuff.”
The boy said, “Yes.”
In the video, officers appear surprised by the amount of meth found and after the drugs were collected.
When they reentered the house, Long was sitting on the steps as they read her rights.
She tried to dispute what the officers told her. “I can’t even understand or fathom that these are drugs that are in my house.”
At one point she told police she didn’t even know what meth was. The officers didn’t seem to believe her.
Footage shows Long being handcuffed by police.
The video shows the boy’s father picking up his son as officers tell the youngster they were proud of him and that he did the right thing.
According to Long’s Linkedin profile, she specializes in property management and owns a real estate brokerage firm.
Prosecutors said Long violating a family law order and breaking other rules.
Her case was heard in multiple courts, including Henderson Justice Court, Las Vegas Justice Court and Clark County District Court.
She was sentenced to probation, which prosecutors said she violated. She was also sent to an inpatient drug treatment program.
During the court proceedings, prosecutors showed text messages that showed Long dealing drugs from her home while her son was present.
One of the texts shown by prosecutors reads: ‘Of course I’m home. You want a hundred dollar bag or half.”
The boy’s parents are divorced and the child is in the care of his father.
Long’s attorney declined to make a statement, the news source said.