Warrant: Woman smoked pot while pregnant

Published 12:45 pm Monday, April 21, 2014

By NEAL WAGNER / Managing Editor

A 20-year-old Alabaster woman is being held in the Shelby County Jail on a felony child endangerment charge after she was arrested by the Alabaster Police Department on April 20.

Campbell

Campbell

Alabaster police arrested Jessica Hayle Campbell on one felony charge of chemical endangerment of a child where a controlled substance is produced and one misdemeanor charge of possession of drug paraphernalia. Campbell lists an address on Treymoor Lake Court in Alabaster.

According to her arrest warrant, Campbell allegedly endangered her unborn child by “smoking marijuana while she was pregnant” on April 18. Her possession of drug paraphernalia charge came when she allegedly had a “glass pipe and bong” used to smoke marijuana at the time of her arrest.

As of April 21, Campbell was being held in the Shelby County Jail on bonds totaling $6,000.

Chemical endangerment of a child where a controlled substance is produced is a Class C felony. If convicted of the crime, Campbell could face between one and 10 years in prison.