Pregnant
Jacqueline Bryant, 29, of Oneida was booked last Thursday on a host of drug related charges, including the promotion of methamphetamine, initiating the process to manufacture methamphetamine, manufacturing meth, possession of less than .5 gram of meth, possession of drug paraphernalia and violation of the drug free school zone act. The suspect, which was reportedly 14 weeks pregnant, was also booked on child endangerment charges. Authorities reportedly found two young children in the home, and, given the gestation period of the unborn child, it was considered a viable fetus and also a victim of her alleged drug use.
According to an arrest warrant filed by Deputy Keith Hawkins of the Scott County Sheriff’s Department, law enforcement officers went to Bryant’s apartment last Thursday to arrest her on an outstanding warrant. Officers were also following up on confidential information they had received that Bryant, along with her unidentified boyfriend, had been manufacturing methamphetamine.
After gaining access to Bryant’s apartment, authorities allegedly found a methamphetamine lab next to a garbage can in the suspect’s kitchen. The two children were reportedly standing next to the meth lab when authorities entered the home.
The two children were removed from the residence and placed in protective custody by the Department of Children’s Services.
Bryant reportedly failed a test for amphetamine use. When arrested, Bryant claimed she was 14 weeks pregnant, an assertion that was affirmed through testing by authorities.
Bryant was wanted on unrelated charges of criminal trespassing, assault, and telephone harassment. She is currently being held in the Scott County Jail on a $150,000 bond.