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Mother jailed after Clearfield Dairy Queen employee calls 911 while she ‘nods off'
CLEARFIELD, Pa. (WTAJ) — A Clearfield County mother was jailed after Clearfield Regional police were called to Dairy Queen for reports of her 'nodding off' while trying to feed a child in a stroller.
Jessica Lynn Bowman, 38, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, reckless endangerment, possession with intent to deliver and possession of a controlled substance.
According to the criminal complaint, police were dispatched to Dairy Queen in Lawrence Township Wednesday, June 4, at 7:10 p.m. for reports of a woman, later identified as Bowman, nodding off while trying to feed a child and while standing with the child. While en route, police said they were informed that a Dairy Queen employee had also called about the woman.
After arriving, police said they were waved down as Bowman was leaving the store. When officers spoke to her, she was allegedly slow and lethargic and was having trouble keeping her eyes open, the complaint reads.
Police tried talking to her and said she continued to talk about things completely irrelevant to the situation. According to charging documents, she alleged she was just 'tired from life.' Police noted that she admitted to taking prescribed Suboxone, but nothing else.
According to charges, police were permitted to search her and allegedly found a plastic baggie with suspected heroin and a small pick they noted is typically used for drugs. A search of her child's stroller also found subscription pill bottles with miscellaneous pills inside, broken glass smoking devices wrapped in a sweatshirt next to the child and multiple baggies of a white crystal-like substance.
Police noted that through the entire interaction, Bowman had trouble standing and would use a light pole to help keep her balance, the complaint was placed in Clearfield County Prison with bail set at $150,000.
It should be noted that the child was taken by Child and Youth Services that evening.
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