Jones County Infant Found With Meth And Other Drugs In System, Mother Arrested

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A Laurel woman is behind bars on child abuse charges, according to the 
Jones County Sheriff’s Office.

According to a release, Totoro Evans, 34, of Laurel, has been taken into 
custody on a charge of Felony Child Abuse.

JCSD Investigator Sgt. J.D. Carter received a referral report from Child 
Protective Services  regarding Evans’ infant daughter, who tested positive 
for methamphetamine and amphetamine following birth.

Carter obtained an arrest warrant for Evans based on that CPS report, 
along with evidence from medical testing of the infant.

“We work closely with CPS on incidents where newborn infants are testing 
positive for illegal narcotics. This case is the third one that CPS has 
brought to us in the past two weeks – all three cases resulted in the 
arrests of the three mothers ,” said Carter.

“We have zero tolerance for those mothers who are using illegal narcotics 
during pregnancy and bringing children into the world addicted to these 
dangerous and potentially deadly drugs or using illegal narcotics and 
allowing their children to gain access to these drugs,” said Jones County 
Sheriff Joe Berlin.

Evans is currently incarcerated at the Jones County Adult Detention 
Facility pending her initial appearance in Jones County Justice Court.

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