Christina Childs, 38, of Wichita was sentenced to nine years in federal prison for drug trafficking after police seized more than 750 pounds of marijuana.[1] She pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine, admitting that on 12 August 2009 Wichita police came to her home at 1001 W. Marlboro after she and her husband Jeffrey Childs had been shot.[1] A search there found more than 341 pounds of marijuana, more than 6.5 pounds of cocaine and less than a pound of methamphetamine, while a warrant search at Ronald Childs’ home at 3214 S. Water found more than 412 pounds of marijuana, more than 2.8 pounds of cocaine and half a pound of methamphetamine, including welded metal containers placed in car tires with drugs packaged inside.[1] She admitted she knew about the drugs and helped her husband distribute them from the Marlboro house.[1]
Seven months earlier, an eleven-count federal indictment had charged Jeffrey A. Childs, 49, Christina Childs and Ronald Childs, 72, with trafficking in methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana, seeking a 739,170 dollar money judgment as the alleged proceeds.[2] The indictment alleged they possessed with intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana alongside methamphetamine and cocaine, maintained both Wichita houses for manufacturing, distributing and using controlled substances, and held numerous weapons including two shotguns, five rifles and seven pistols.[2] The Wichita Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration investigated the case.[1][2] Jeffrey Childs was set for sentencing on 17 November 2010 and Ronald Childs on 1 December 2010.[1]
