India, June 27 -- A mother was arrested and charged after she allegedly held a pistol to her own head during a standoff on Interstate 45 that caused the major highway to shut down for hours.

Authorities arrested 32-year-old Brooke Christine Lindley following the incident, which left drivers stranded and law enforcement scrambling to de-escalate the potentially deadly situation. She has since been charged with endangering a child and possession of a controlled substance.

The ordeal began days earlier when Lindley's own children told their father something alarming: their mother had been growing psychedelic mushrooms inside her bedroom, per the arrest warrant.

Disturbed by what his children had witnessed, the father reported the informat...