A very eventful trip to a Safeway grocery store ended with a California man's arrest after police say they found him in a bathroom with porn, drugs, and a child.

Police in El Cerrito, Calif. were responding to a shoplifting report early Sunday morning when alerted that a man had been spotted in the women's bathroom with a small child, a pornographic magazine and the heavy smell of smoke.

The 32-year-old El Sobrante, Calif. man was found by police in the men's bathroom, where he admitted to having been in the women's bathroom where he smoked a marijuana cigarette laced with cocaine, according to the incident report. Officers determined the man was under the influence of a controlled substance and arrested him.

The Californian also admitted to stealing a bottle of soda from the Safeway.

A young girl originally discovered the drug and porn-filled binge when she entered the women's bathroom. The girl told her mother, who alerted store employees.

Police just happened to already be on scene after responding to a complaint about a woman who had stolen batteries from the grocery store

The whereabouts of the child with him are unknown, according to NBCBayArea.com.

Police arrested the unidentified man on suspicion of theft, drug possession, possessing of drug paraphernalia and being under the influence of a controlled substance.

An ounce of cocaine doesn’t usually come with a blue ribbon, even in Miami.

That didn't stop Emma Bartelt, 10, from winning first prize in the science competition at Coral Gables Preparatory Academy with the help of three drug-sniffing hounds and 28 grams of the illicit white powder, all provided by the Miami-Dade Police Narcotics Bureau, according to the Miami Herald.

She also earned an honorable mention at the Miami-Dade County Public Schools Elementary Science Fair on Saturday, according to the paper.

The Herald reported that the scientific-minded fourth-grader received help on her “Drug Sniffing Dogs” project from her dad, Detective Douglas Bartelt. The three contraband-seeking chows included a springer spaniel named Roger; a chocolate lab, Franky; and a spaniel, Levi, according to the Herald.

A spokesman for the school district told the Herald that science fair rules do not explicitly prohibit use of cocaine in projects. Bartelt’s dad handled all the cocaine for the project, according to the Herald, which involved timing how long it took the dogs to find the cocaine in a room.

“It was kind of my idea, because I wanted to do my dad’s job,” Bartelt said of her award-winning experiment, which took place at police facilities.

In a statement, a school district spokesman told the Herald there was nothing wrong with Bartelt’s experiment – even if the only white powder at science fairs is usually baking soda for papier-mache volcanoes.

“The student's science project involved a very unusual set of circumstances, including having a parent who is a well-respected police detective with experience in training dogs that sniff for illegal substances,” the statement read, according to the Herald. “From our understanding, the parent was the only person involved in working directly with the dogs and the hidden substances, which took place at a police training facility.”

A Connecticut man was arrested Thursday afternoon when police found drugs, guns and cash in his home after responding to a routine medical call.

When officers arrived at 4 McDonald Avenue in Cromwell, they discovered Michael Marotta, 28, was in possession of prescription medication that did not belong to him.

After obtaining a search warrant, authorities also found $34,000-worth of cocaine, $2,385 in cash, three handguns, three shotguns, two rifles, a Taser and thousands of rounds of ammunition, according to police.

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Authorities also found supplies used for the manufacturing, packaging and transportation of narcotics, according to police.

"It's really disturbing. I mean, you don't know who lives near you," said one neighbor who asked not to be identified.

Police arrested Marotta and charged him with operating a drug factory, illegal possession, possession with intent to sell, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana.

He was arraigned on the charges Friday in Middletown Superior Court, according to police.

Georgia authorities are searching for a toddler's grandmother and her boyfriend after the 13-month-old was found to have ingested cocaine.

 The toddler's mom brought him to Piedmont Newnan Hospital on Saturday, near his grandmother's Palmetto, Ga., home. He was transferred and admitted to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, where doctors confirmed he had cocaine in his system, Palmetto Police Sgt. Lee Gragg told NBC News.

Police were told the boy, whose name was not released, ingested the cocaine at the home where his grandmother lives with her boyfriend. Warrants for Ebony Daniel, 34, and her boyfriend, Charlie Martin, 22, were issued Monday.

Police have not had any contact with Daniel, but on Tuesday, Martin called the police sergeant.

"He called me and stated he wished to turn himself in, but as of yet, that has not happened," Gragg said Tuesday afternoon. "I told him that was good, it'd work out best for him and everyone else if he did that."

Martin did not provide any information on the whereabouts of his girlfriend, the toddler's grandmother.

The toddler's 17-year-old mother is considered a witness and hasn't been charged, Gragg said.

Toxicology reports to determine how much cocaine the boy ingested have not been returned yet, but the child had been released from the hospital after spending two nights there, investigators said Monday. He is expected to survive.

Police searched Daniel and Martin's apartment Saturday, trying to piece together what happened.

"According to witnesses, the cocaine was open and available on a table inside the house," Gragg said.

Daniel and Martin face charges of possession of cocaine, cruelty to children in the first degree, and reckless conduct, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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Norwich police have arrested Khalil Hipps, 31, who stands accused of running a crack cocaine operation out of a sober house.

Police have arrested a Connecticut man accused of running a crack cocaine operation out of a sober house.

Police said they received several tips that Khalil Hipps, 31, of Norwich, was running a drug operation out of the Liberty House, a transitional sober house on Washington Street in Norwich, and selling drugs on the street. 

Hipps was arrested around 3 p.m. Tuesday, and police seized a small amount of crack cocaine packaged for street-level sales and $725, according to a news release from the department.

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Hipps was charged with sale of crack cocaine and was held on a $100,000 bond. He is scheduled to be in court on Wednesday and police said they expect to make more arrests.

Hipps was found guilty of possession of narcotics in 2008 and 2009, according to court records.

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