The York County Sheriff’s office has charged a Clover mother after two children tested positive for amphetamines. Authorities charged 22-year-old Jessica Messer, who was on probation for child neglect, with child neglect.
Officials said the Department of Social Services told deputies that a 4-year-old and 1-year-old in Messer’s care had tested positive for narcotics.
The 4-year-old tested positive for amphetamines while the 1-year-old tested positive for amphetamines and cocaine, deputies said. Messer is identified as their mother, according to Trent Faris, spokesman for the York County Sheriff’s Office.
A week before the children tested positive, Messer was sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to child neglect, burglary and conspiracy, according to court records, according published reports.
A three-year prison sentence was suspended in that case.