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Amy Slaton, actress of “1,000-Lb. Sisters,” arrested for drug offenses and child endangerment at Tennessee Safari Park in Alamo


Amy Slaton, actress of “1,000-Lb. Sisters,” arrested for drug offenses and child endangerment at Tennessee Safari Park in Alamo

ALAMO, Tennessee – A woman who appeared on the reality TV show “1,000-Lb. Sisters” was arrested at a Tennessee zoo and charged with drug possession and endangering a child, authorities said Tuesday.

Amy Slaton Halterman was arrested Monday along with Brian Scott Lovvorn at the Tennessee Safari Park in Alamo after officers found marijuana and what appeared to be illegal mushrooms in a car they were riding in, said Stephen Sutton, a spokesman for the Crockett County Sheriff’s Department.

Brian Lovvorn (left) and Amy Slaton Halterman, a woman who appeared on the reality TV show "1,000-pound sisters"were arrested at a zoo in Tennessee on Monday, September 2nd.

Brian Lovvorn, left, and Amy Slaton Halterman, a woman who appeared on the reality TV show “1,000-Lb. Sisters,” were arrested at a zoo in Tennessee on Monday, September 2.

Crockett County Sheriff’s Department via AP

According to a statement from the sheriff, officers went to the West Tennessee zoo after receiving a call that a visitor may have been bitten by a camel. Officers went to the visitor’s car and smelled “suspicious odors” coming from the vehicle, the sheriff’s office said.

In addition to the drugs, two children were also found in the car, Sutton said. It was not immediately clear whose children they were. They were released into the care of family.

Halterman was taken to a hospital for treatment of an arm injury that may have been caused by the camel, Sutton said. She and Lovvorn were then taken to jail.

A court clerk said the court had no information on whether Halterman or Lovvorn had attorneys who could speak on their behalf about the charges.

The zoo is located about 128 kilometers northeast of Memphis.

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