Ala. Woman Charged After 3-Year-Old Found Carrying 2 Kilos of Cocaine in Backpack: Police

Mar. 15, 2025

Tierra Tocorra Hill in mugshot (L); investigators allegedly found about 2 kilograms of cocaine inside the 3-year-old’s blue backpack (R).Photo:Mobile County Sheriff’s Office

Mobile County Sheriff’s Office

The 3-year-old was wearing a blue Nike backpack when investigators entered the Mobile, Ala., home searching for drugs.

Unzipping the child’s backpack, law enforcement officers allegedly recovered about two kilograms of cocaine in plastic baggies, according to the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office, which provided PEOPLE with crime scene photographs taken on narcotics investigators’ phones.

Investigators allegedly recovered about 4.5 kilograms of cocaine during multiple searches of Tierra Tocorra Hill’s property.Mobile County Sheriff’s Office

Surveilling the Harvey Court address, narcotics investigators tracked Hill as she left the home before authorities stopped her car, per the sheriff’s office.

Inside Hill’s vehicle, investigators allegedly recovered about 1.5 kilograms of cocaine, “a small amount of marijuana” and a handgun, per the press release.

Investigators got a tip that Hill was allegedly stashing “a large amount of narcotics” at this Harvey Court residence in Mobile, Ala.Google Maps

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Afterward, investigators executed a search warrant of the home, where they allegedly came upon the 3-year-old with the backpack containing cocaine — as well as another backpack filled with a brick of teal cellophane-wrapped cocaine and several more baggies totaling about a kilogram, as well as two more handguns, the press release claims.

The street value of the drugs allegedly confiscated from Hill totaled about $450,000, per the press release.

“It is absurd how reckless this situation was,” Sheriff Paul Burch alleged in a statement. “There was a total disregard for the law and the children’s well-being.”

Mugshot of Tierra Tocorra Hill.Mobile County Sheriff’s Office

The drugs and guns “were accessible” to the children ages 3, 8, 10 and 15, the press release alleges.

Hill is charged with trafficking cocaine, possession of marijuana in the second degree. tampering with physical evidence and four counts of chemical endangerment of a child. It’s not immediately clear if she has entered pleas or retained an attorney.

The sheriff’s office says additional charges may be filed.

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source: people.com