Hope Mills Mother Charged with DUI and Child Endangerment

Cumberland County Sheriff’s Deputies have arrested a local mother after she made a false police report and drove while under the influence with her children in the car.

Karra Shanae Jones, 23, of 5467 Muscat Road reported that her 5-year-old daughter was taken from her car while she was inside a local convenience store. A second child was found inside the vehicle unharmed according to Debbie Tanna, public information officer. 

Deputies rushed to the Kangaroo store, located at the corner of Camden and Natal Roads at around 8:26 Thursday morning, after receiving a frantic 911 call for help. Deputies and a K9 team began searching the area for the child. She was later found at a local day care, where her mother had dropped her off, minutes before officers were dispatched to what was believed to be a crime scene.

Jones has been charged with child endangerment, DUI and misuse of the 911 communications system.  She will be processed into the Cumberland County Detention Center.