Police: Prostitute Snorted Coke Off Baby’s Stomach
Posted on Tuesday, 2 of October , 2007 at 8:04 pm
SCHENECTADY—The daughter of Funny Cide owner Jack Knowlton appeared in
Schenectady City Court Tuesday, charged with prostitution and snorting cocaine
from the stomach of her newborn son while she breast-fed him.
Wendy Cook, 37, of Saratoga Springs, was arrested with four other women Monday
as part of a crackdown on prostitution in the Hamilton Hill, Central State
Street and Vale Cemetery areas of Schenectady.
Police said she allegedly performed sex acts with two men in a car while her two
children, her five year old daughter and her 8-week-old son, were in the back
seat. Police said that her daughter was awake. The infant was sleeping.
Cook was charged with prostitution, child endangerment and reckless endangerment
and is being held in the Schenectady County Jail in lieu of $15,000 bail. Judge
Vince Versaci strongly rebuked Cook at her arraignment Tuesday in city court,
saying that “I have never come across such an atrocity in my life and that’s
saying a lot”.
The judge issued an order of protection which forbids her contacting her
children who are now staying with relatives.
Cook was arrested shortly after 7 a.m. Monday at Swan and State Streets after
she allegedly propositioned an undercover Schenectady cop. Cook’s children were
in a car several blocks away.
Court records indicate that Cook had told one of her friends that Cook was
considering selling her children in order to get more money for crack cocaine.
Cook was in drug court and a drug treatment program, subject to random drug
testing, as the result of a prior charge of resisting arrest in Saratoga County.
Her last drug test last week was reportedly clean. Saratoga County district
attorney James Murphy said that a warrant will be issued for her arrest in
Saratoga County.
Funny Cide won the 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness.
Posted on Tuesday, 2 of October , 2007 at 8:04 pm
SCHENECTADY—The daughter of Funny Cide owner Jack Knowlton appeared in
Schenectady City Court Tuesday, charged with prostitution and snorting cocaine
from the stomach of her newborn son while she breast-fed him.
Wendy Cook, 37, of Saratoga Springs, was arrested with four other women Monday
as part of a crackdown on prostitution in the Hamilton Hill, Central State
Street and Vale Cemetery areas of Schenectady.
Police said she allegedly performed sex acts with two men in a car while her two
children, her five year old daughter and her 8-week-old son, were in the back
seat. Police said that her daughter was awake. The infant was sleeping.
Cook was charged with prostitution, child endangerment and reckless endangerment
and is being held in the Schenectady County Jail in lieu of $15,000 bail. Judge
Vince Versaci strongly rebuked Cook at her arraignment Tuesday in city court,
saying that “I have never come across such an atrocity in my life and that’s
saying a lot”.
The judge issued an order of protection which forbids her contacting her
children who are now staying with relatives.
Cook was arrested shortly after 7 a.m. Monday at Swan and State Streets after
she allegedly propositioned an undercover Schenectady cop. Cook’s children were
in a car several blocks away.
Court records indicate that Cook had told one of her friends that Cook was
considering selling her children in order to get more money for crack cocaine.
Cook was in drug court and a drug treatment program, subject to random drug
testing, as the result of a prior charge of resisting arrest in Saratoga County.
Her last drug test last week was reportedly clean. Saratoga County district
attorney James Murphy said that a warrant will be issued for her arrest in
Saratoga County.
Funny Cide won the 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness.
