BOY, 5, BRINGS BAG OF MARIJUANA TO SCHOOL

Police and child welfare investigators are trying to determine how a
5-year-old boy obtained the bag of marijuana he took to his
kindergarten class Monday.

Police seized the bag of drugs and notified the Illinois Department
of Children and Family Services about the incident, which happened at
Owen Marsh Elementary School, 1100 Avon Drive, about noon Monday.

The kindergarten teacher heard one student make reference to another
student who had some "weed" at his desk. The teacher walked over and
saw a bag of suspected marijuana sitting on the boy's desk.

The teacher took the bag and notified the principal, who called
Springfield police.

Police said the teacher at one point asked the boy what was in the
bag, and he responded that it was "weed."

"(DCFS) will investigate if the child is in an unfit home and how he
came into custody of this cannabis," said Springfield police deputy
chief Clay Dowis.

The boy was not punished or taken into custody. He finished the
school day and went home afterward.