Jun 27, 2025 06:15 AM IST

Mother arrested after standoff on I-45 with pistol, charged with baby endangerment and drug possession.

A mom was arrested and charged after she allegedly held a pistol to her personal head throughout a standoff on #Interstate 45, #Texas, that triggered the key freeway to close down for hours.

Brooke Christine Lindley, 32, faces expenses for holding a gun to her head throughout a freeway standoff and rising psychedelic mushrooms.(X)

Authorities arrested 32-year-old Brooke Christine Lindley following the incident, which left drivers stranded and regulation enforcement scrambling to de-escalate the possibly lethal scenario. She has since been charged with endangering a baby and possession of a managed substance.

She was booked into the McLennan County Jail however has since been launched on bond.

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“Thank you to all of the courageous first responders who helped resolve the scenario peacefully,” a #Texas constable mentioned, per KWTX. “The north and south certain lanes of the North Freeway are slowly reopening. Great work!”

Why Lindley has shut down #Interstate 45

The ordeal started days earlier when Lindley’s personal kids informed their father one thing alarming: their mom had been rising psychedelic mushrooms inside her bed room, per the arrest warrant.

On 25 May, regulation enforcement officers obtained a search warrant and raided Lindley’s residence on Park Place Drive. Officers found “properly over 4 grams of psilocybin controlled-substance mushrooms.” 

They additionally discovered a full home-growing operation unfold throughout Lindley’s bed room and toilet. Two massive containers with actively rising mushrooms, a dehydrator stuffed with drying mushrooms, and a number of other clear containers of dried psychedelic mushrooms have been all seized from the scene.

#Police mentioned the mushrooms have been “in clear and straightforward to open containers that her kids might have opened, and if ingested, doubtlessly triggered psychological impairment,” per KWTX

The kids, whose ages haven’t been disclosed, reportedly informed authorities that Lindley warned them to not contact the mushrooms.

“Even although they have been in her bed room in plain sight,” the warrant notes, “additionally they mentioned [Lindley] was consuming the mushrooms contained in the residence.”

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#Psilocybin mushrooms are a Schedule I managed substance underneath federal regulation, making their possession or cultivation unlawful in most states, together with #Texas.