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Mom arrested for cocaine in cereal box

Jody Lawrence-Turner
Staff writer
January 26, 2006

A little boy was returned to foster care today after police detectives found crack cocaine in a Rice Chex cereal box at his mother’s West Spokane Valley apartment during a search.

The boy, now 3, was taken from his mother the first time in 2004 because he ingested cocaine, police said. She regained custody of her son three weeks ago.

Dusti M. Bradeen, 26, was arrested today for delivery of cocaine, but because she took her 3-year-old boy with her on her last trip to sell crack, she was also charged with involvement of a minor in an unlawful substances transaction, Spokane Valley police spokesman Cpl. Dave Reagan said.

Detectives have been investigating Bradeen and her boyfriend, Skycee L. Manuel, 29, since December, Reagan said. After making several undercover drug buys, detectives executed a search warrant at the couple’s apartment, 402 S. Eastern Road, about 8:30 a.m. today.

When detectives entered apartment No. 12, Manuel was already sprawled on the floor waiting to be handcuffed, Reagan said. He was charged with delivery of cocaine.

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