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Billings woman charged with exposing toddler to meth
Brooke Lindsey Brown of Billings has been charged with exposing her young child to methamphetamine while selling and using the drug in her home.
Brown, 27 years old, has been charged with the felony offenses of criminal distribution of dangerous drugs, endangering the welfare of children, and two counts of criminal possession of dangerous drugs. She also faces a misdemeanor charge of possessing drug paraphernalia.
Brown is being held in the Yellowstone County jail on $2,500 bond.
According to court records, the case began on November 6, 2013, when police and family services investigators met with Brown as part of an investigation into a casino robbery.
During the investigation, court records state, authorities learned that Brown was using and selling meth in her residence on Burlington Avenue and that she was the mother and caretaker of a child born in January 2012.
The investigators met Brown at her residence. Brown gave consent to a search, and a police dog was used during the search.
Authorities said that several syringes, including one in the trash can of her bedroom, a digital scale, a jar of a synthetic drug called Spice, several plastic bindles with white residue, and several spoons, including one with a melted white pill identified as oxycodone, were found during the search.
A detective also said he found a drug ledger, a glass pipe and other drug paraphernalia.
Brown allegedly told investigators she had been using meth since she was 15, and admitted to selling the drug.
Last September, tests from the crime lab on items from Brown's residence were received by investigators and showed residue on the glass pipe was positive for methamphetamine.
Billings woman charged with exposing toddler to meth
Brooke Lindsey Brown of Billings has been charged with exposing her young child to methamphetamine while selling and using the drug in her home.
Brown, 27 years old, has been charged with the felony offenses of criminal distribution of dangerous drugs, endangering the welfare of children, and two counts of criminal possession of dangerous drugs. She also faces a misdemeanor charge of possessing drug paraphernalia.
Brown is being held in the Yellowstone County jail on $2,500 bond.
According to court records, the case began on November 6, 2013, when police and family services investigators met with Brown as part of an investigation into a casino robbery.
During the investigation, court records state, authorities learned that Brown was using and selling meth in her residence on Burlington Avenue and that she was the mother and caretaker of a child born in January 2012.
The investigators met Brown at her residence. Brown gave consent to a search, and a police dog was used during the search.
Authorities said that several syringes, including one in the trash can of her bedroom, a digital scale, a jar of a synthetic drug called Spice, several plastic bindles with white residue, and several spoons, including one with a melted white pill identified as oxycodone, were found during the search.
A detective also said he found a drug ledger, a glass pipe and other drug paraphernalia.
Brown allegedly told investigators she had been using meth since she was 15, and admitted to selling the drug.
Last September, tests from the crime lab on items from Brown's residence were received by investigators and showed residue on the glass pipe was positive for methamphetamine.