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Etowah County Sheriff's Office
Monday September 25th, 2017 :: 11:42 a.m. CDT

Advisory

Chemical Endangerment Arrest

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

“Shannon Leigh Wells, 40, of Attalla, was arrested on September 21st, and is charged with one count of chemical endangerment of a child, which is a felony,” investigator Brandi Fuller said.

Knowing she was pregnant, Wells tested positive for 18 controlled substances; two of which she did not have a legal prescription.

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.

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Gadsden, AL 35901

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