A father was arrested after allegedly planting a seven-ounce bag of meth on one of his two young daughters during a routine traffic stop in West Virginia, authorities said.
On June 6, an officer arrested the 36-year-old Kenneth Cutright near the Arlington Mini Mart in Arlington, according to a criminal complaint obtained by WBOY.
Police said Cutright's vehicle had “very dark window tint and loud exhaust.” RadarOnline.com has learned.
According to the officer, Cutright was unable to provide matching registration information for the car, which did not have legitimate inspection stickers.
The officer then determined that the car had been stolen in Lawrence County, Ohio, approximately 200 miles away.
Cutright denied knowing the car was stolen and claimed he “traded his Hummer to a guy for it,” but he insisted he had not yet signed any title work, officials said.
The officer had Cutright and his daughters, ages 12 and 14, step out of the vehicle and asked if there was any contraband inside.
Cutright indicated there was nothing there, but refused a search.
As he and the officer waited for someone to pick up Cutright's daughters from the scene, the officer noticed that Cutright was continually “hovering” around the girls with his back to the officers, leading the officer to believe that the father “might have something about his children had been hidden'. “, the criminal complaint states.
When someone arrived to pick up the girls, police questioned one of Cutright's daughters about an object in her hoodie. She said, “It was just a bag,” and then started crying, according to the complaint.
Police said they were able to recover a seven-ounce bag of meth from the child's hoodie.
Officers then searched Cutright's car and found a meth pipe and a loaded 9mm handgun.
Cutright was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance, child neglect causing risk of injury, prohibited person in possession of a firearm and possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, according to police.
