LET YOU KNOW IF WE'LL SEE MORE
COMING UP ON MEMORIAL WEEKEND.
THANK YOU.
MAPLEWOOD POLICE SAY
THEY'RE CLOSE TO FIGURING OUT
WHO LEFT A LARGE STASH OF
MARIJUANA INSIDE A BAG OF USED
CHILDREN'S CLOTHING.
AN EMPLOYEE OF ONCE UPON A
CHILD DISCOVERED THE DRUGS
FRIDAY NIGHT.
MAPLEWOOD POLICE SHOWED A
PICTURE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK
JOKING THAT THE PERCH SHOULD GO
TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BE
REUNITED WITH THE DRUGS.
ANGELA DAVIS SPOKE WITH THE
POLICE CHIEF ABOUT THE
INVESTIGATION.
THEN COME VISIT OUR STORE
AND TURN YOUR KIDS STUFF INTO
CASH.
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ONCE UPON A CHILD ♪
Reporter: A STORE EMPLOYEE
WAS SORTING THROUGH DROPPED OFF
ITEMS TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT
SHOULD BE SOLD, RETURNED OR
DONATED TO CHARITY.
THAT'S WHEN THE WORKER CAME
ACROSS ILLEGAL DRUGS.
AS THEY DID THAT, THEY FOUND
A LARGE ZIP LOCKED BAG IN ONE
OF THESE BAGS OF CLOTHING.
Reporter: FROM THE AMOUNT OF
MARIJUANA TO THE WAY IT WAS
PACKAGED, POLICE SAY IT'S CLEAR
THIS WAS NOT SOMEONE'S PRIVATE
STASH.
THIS IS THE WAY IT WOULD BE
PACKAGED FOR DISTRIBUTION
TYPICALLY.
A FEW HOURS LATER A MAPLE
WOOD POLICE OFFICER TWEETED A
PICTURE OF A PERFECTLY MEASURED
BAG AND POSTED A PHOTO ON THE
DEPARTMENT'S FACEBOOK PAGE.
THAT POST HAS BEEN SHARED MORE
THAN 5,300 TIMES.
WE USE SOCIAL MEDIA.
IT DOES QUICKLY START TO GIVE
US A WHOLE BUNCH OF
INFORMATION.
SOMETIMES IT'S NOT SUPER
HELPFUL, BUT IT ALLOWS US TO
SORT THROUGH AND ULTIMATELY
FIND OUT WHO'S RESPONSIBLE.
IN THIS CASE, SECURITY
CAMERAS INSIDE ONCE UPON A
CHILD ARE ALSO A BIG HELP.
AND THEN THERE'S THE FORM THE
PERSON FILLED OUT BEFORE
LEAVING THE STORE.
WHEN YOU BRING IN YOUR USED
ITEMS TO ONCE UPON A CHILD,
YOU'RE REQUIRED TO FILL OUT
THIS FORM.
IT ASKS FOR YOUR NAME, ADDRESS,
AND YOUR PHONE NUMBER.
WE DO HAVE A NAME THAT'S
ASSOCIATED.
WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AN
ACCURATE NAME OR NOT.
IT WILL BE SOMETHING
INVESTIGATORS WILL BE FOLLOWING
UP WITH STARTING TODAY.
Reporter: THE MAPLE WOOD
POLICE CHIEF SAYS THE PERSON
WHO OWNS THE MARIJUANA COULD BE
CHARGED WITH POSSESSION AND
INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE, BECAUSE
OF THE WAY THAT MARIJUANA WAS
PACKAGED IN THOSE LITTLE BAGS.
ALL OF THOSE 60 LITTLE BAGS ARE
VALUED AT $10 TO $40 DEPENDING
ON THE QUALITY OF THE
MARIJUANA.
THEY BELIEVE THIS WAS
INTENTIONAL, BUT STILL, IT'S A
CRIME.
SOUNDS LIKE A FIRST, IT
SOUNDS LIKE.
THEY'VE NOT HAD SOMETHING
