Warrant: Smyrna Girl Helped Mother Get Rid of Marijuana

As police knocked on her door, a Smyrna woman allegedly had her 7-year-old daughter help her flush an unknown amount of marijuana down the toilet.

About 7:45 p.m. July 2, police went to Miesha Santa Phelps' unit at the Ashbrook Crossing apartment complex with a search warrant. A man at the residence, identified in an arrest warrant as Joshua Christopher Wilder, was wanted by Dunwoody police on a burglary charge.

Phelps "did not answer the door for approximately 15 minutes," according to an arrest warrant. When she finally opened the door, police entered the apartment and found marijuana residue in the toilet, a wet trash bag in the hall closet just outside the bathroom, more than 270 grams of marijuana, $1,251 cash, two loaded guns and two digital scales, police said.

The 7-year-old girl "stated to (the) officer ... that she was helping mommy flush the toilet and he asked her if it had a hard time going down," according to the warrant. "She told him that it did."

One of the guns was reported stolen on April 16 in Conyers, police said.

"Victim is of an age where the weapons were easily accessible to her," according to the warrant. "Victim's bedroom is directly next to the master bedroom. Victim's mother stated that she did not know anything about firearms being in her apartment and they did not belong to her."

Phelps and Wilder, who are in custody in DeKalb on burglary charges, face additional charges in Cobb. Phelps faces charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and tampering with evidence. Wilder faces charges of sale of marijuana, reckless conduct and theft by receiving.