PHILLIPS COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect on multiple drug allegations after a toddler was exposed to drugs.
Just after midnight Friday morning, sheriff's deputies executed a search warrant at a home the 1200 block of Cable Road in rural Phillips County, according to a media release.
This warrant was the result of an earlier call to the Phillips County Hospital Emergency Room in which it was reported that a 20-month-old toddler had been exposed to a possible illicit drug at the location on Cable Road.
Deputies took 27-year-old Victoria M. Bowers of Phillipsburg into custody at the residence on Cable Road on requested charges of aggravated endangering a child, possession of paraphernalia, possession of a prescription drug, and possession of methamphetamine.
The child, who is not related to the suspect, was transferred to a higher level of hospital care. The sheriff's office did not have an update on the child's condition. It is not believed to be life threatening.