A search warrant on March 3 led to the alleged discovery of heroin paraphernalia in a bedroom of an in-home daycare provider’s house.

Austin Police Officers executed a search warrant for Ryan Allen Anderson, 23, of Austin on the 1800 block of Third Avenue Northeast. A detective had been watching the residence before the warrant was executed and watched two young boys leave for school, according to the police report.

Officers then knocked at the back door of the house and the owner answered.

She told police she was a daycare provider, and had been for 32 years at that house, but intended to retire at the end of the month. She also told officers there was a 4-year-old child sleeping in the house.

Officers went to Anderson’s bedroom and located him and Madison Aubrey Sparks, 19, of Austin, sleeping on the bed.

Anderson agreed to speak with an officer and denied the home contained illegal drugs or drug paraphernalia.

He then said there might be “foil” from previous heroin use and he last used the previous night. He said he also knew the residence was a daycare. Sparks said she used heroin the day before, before arriving at the residence. She said she didn’t buy heroin, but that Anderson “gives” it to her. She said she also knew the residence was a daycare and that some of the “foil” belonged to her.

Officers found several pieces of aluminum foil used to smoke heroin, a scale, a “Brillo” pad, and some unidentified pills in the bedroom.

Sparks said she had been living with Anderson since December 2015, but the owner did not know she was staying there because she would climb through a window at night or hide in the bedroom all day.

Sparks said her and Anderson used about 0.50 gram of heroin per day and Anderson supplied her with the heroin about five days per week.

She last received heroin from Anderson on March 2. Sparks said they both used heroin at about 10 p.m. and then went to bed, but she woke up sick during the night and used the rest of the heroin, which is why there was no heroin in the house during the search warrant.

Anderson faces possible felony charges of third-degree sale of drugs. Sparks faces possible charges of felony fifth-degree drug possession. Both face petty misdemeanor charges of possession of drug paraphernalia.

Both are scheduled to appear in court on March 17, 2016.