Dad sells drugs as kid watches

A Missoula man was charged in Missoula County Justice Court Wednesday with selling morphine pills to an undercover informant working with Missoula city police.

According to court records, Thomas Edward Redmond, 46, allegedly sold $200 worth of the Schedule 2 controlled drugs to the informant on Aug. 13, and another $450 worth to him on Tuesday while his 3-year-old daughter sat in the car.

Redmond was charged with criminal possession of dangerous drugs with intent to distribute, a felony, as well as endangering the welfare of a child. His bail was set at $100,000.

His wife Johna Redmond was also charged with felony drug possession after police visited her house and found a bottle containing hydrocodone and oxycodone.

Johna Redmond was not taken into custody because she was pregnant and very close to giving birth. She told investigators that she had injected methamphetamine that same day, which violates the terms of probation from a 2006 drug conviction.

Thomas’ arrest violates the terms of his probation as well, stemming from an attempted homicide conviction in 1985.

michael.gerrity@umontana.edu