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(Etowah County, Alabama) An Altoona woman has been arrested in connection to chemical endangerment of a child, according to Sheriff Todd Entrekin.

“Destiny Bree Stipes, 21, of Altoona, is charged with one count of chemical endangerment of a child, which is a felony,” investigator Brandi Fuller said. She was initially arrested for a warrant of failure to appear on drug charges.

Stipes told a detention center employee she was pregnant and admitted to using methamphetamine and Suboxine knowing she was pregnant.

She is detained in the Etowah County Detention Center on $10,000 cash bond for the chemical endangerment warrant. As a condition of her bond, she must successfully complete a drug treatment program and will be supervised by Etowah Community Corrections upon release.

Stipes does not have a bond for the failure to appear warrant and is also facing charges from another agency.

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