Couple Faces Charges Including Child Abandonment

NACOGDOCHES � There’s a laundry list of charges against a Nacogdoches couple. Jodie Strahan, 26, and Norman McDonald, 47, are charged with driving while intoxicated, possession of marijuana, and abandonment of a child. Nacogdoches police tell KETK the couple dropped a baby off Tuesday night in the Melrose community. Straham claimed she couldn�t raise the baby any longer, so she handed the baby over to a resident there. The baby was then taken to a local hospital. Authorities eventually tracked down the couple and arrested them.