Tanya McDowell, homeless mom charged with "stealing" education for son, arrested on drug charges
Tanya McDowell, left, with Conn. NAACP Conference President Scott X. Exdaile, outside state superior court in Norwalk, Conn., Wednesday, April 27, 2011.
(Credit: AP Photo)(CBS/WFSB/AP) HARTFORD, Conn. - Tanya McDowell, a homeless single mother accused of illegally enrolling her son in the wrong school district, appeared in court Monday after being arrested Friday for allegedly selling crack cocaine and marijuana to undercover officers near another school in Norwalk.
Norwalk investigators picked up McDowell on three drug warrants and then found more drugs on her during the arrest, police said, according to CBS affiliate WFSB.
In court on Monday, McDowell's attorney said the drug cases are in retaliation to all of the negative publicity the city has received after she enrolled her son, now 6, in kindergarten last fall under her babysitter's address.
"If this is a way to respond to her fighting back, this is a bad way to do it. It's a terrible message,"
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