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(Etowah County, Alabama) Two Etowah County women have been arrested for chemical endangerment of a child, according to Sheriff Todd Entrekin.

Investigator Bobby Bryant states, “Krystle Leigh Peppers, 31, of Gadsden, was charged on July 24, with one count of chemical endangerment of exposing a child to an environment in which controlled substances are ingested, produced or distributed, which is a felony.”

Peppers is pregnant and admitted to using drugs after she was arrested for theft by the Attalla Police Department. She tested positive for amphetamines. Her bond was set at $15,000. Peppers is currently on Community Corrections.

Cierra Brooke Blackwood, 19, of Gadsden, was also charged on July 24, with one count of chemical endangerment of exposing a child to an environment in which controlled substances are ingested, produced or distributed, which is a felony.

Investigator Bryant states Blackwood, who is pregnant, was arrested by the Attalla Police Department for theft and tested positive for amphetamines and methamphetamine. Her bond was set at $15,000.

Both women have been sent to receive treatment from the Aletheia House in Birmingham. The Aletheia House offers a program that specializes in the treatment of pregnant women.
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