ABP's Noah Accuses Mom, Sister Rain of 'Doing Meth' in Welfare Check | In Touch Weekly
Alaskan Bush People star called police to conduct a welfare check on his mom, , and sister , accusing them of abusing meth just days before his sibling’s burglary arrest.
“Noah Brown reported the following: Mother is ‘couch surfing’ with her daughter Brown, Merry (Rain) and daughter’s aggressive boyfriend Lorton, Josiah at a cabin in Liar’s Cove,” the court papers read, according to The U.S. Sun on Monday, April 28. “[Noah] has tried contacting his mother after receiving a ‘disjointed message’ last night and heard she has been drinking a lot and she is now taking meth that was given by Merry and Josiah.”
The welfare check was conducted on April 7 and Noah claimed his mother, 61, was “off her meds” and that her condition was “deteriorating.” In Touch previously reported that Ami was medically evacuated and diagnosed with pneumonia on February 13.
“Merry is not allowing her to take her medications. Lorton also has guns and is not supposed to have them,” the court papers alleged.
Noah was contacted by officers on April 8, who said they tried to get in contact with his mother but were only able to discover that she “might be” with Rain, 22, and her husband, .
“Noah suggested that Merry struggles to keep up with taking her medication and thinks that anybody who tries to force her to take it is the devil. Noah continued to explain that Josiah is known to always be armed,” the officer reported. “Additionally, Noah explained that Merry had also taken a pistol from him. Noah didn’t want to list it as stolen but wanted me to be cautious when attempting to contact her.”
The officer reported speaking to a man, who is believed to have met Rain and Josiah, 33, at a job site. The man offered to let the couple stay at his home as the couple appeared to be living out of their car.
“I asked him if he had noticed anything that Josiah and Merry might have had with them. He advised that Josiah and Merry had a large ‘diaper bag’ full of pills,” the report read.
In Touch confirmed that Rain and Josiah were booked into the Okanogan County jail in Washington State on April 11, according to jail records. They were released three days later on April 14 and weren’t required to post bail, but promised to appear for their next scheduled court date.
Rain was booked under her full legal name, Merry Christmas Kathryn Raindrop Brown. In addition to the burglary and mischief charges, she was also hit with a third charge of second-degree criminal trespass.
Rain spoke out after her arrest on Easter Sunday while sharing a bible quote. In the caption, she seemingly hinted at what might have led to her and Josiah getting arrested.
“It hurts my heart that my rainbows would choose to believe the lies that my old manager who stole $43,000 from me and abused me instead of maybe thinking ‘Oh no who is saying this about Rain?’ Not ‘wow what a waste,’” she claimed in her caption. “It deeply hurts my heart. With all this said I hope y’all will stick around to hear my side of the story.”