DPD: Decatur woman charged after child tests positive for fentanyl

DECATUR, Ala. ( WHNT ) – A Decatur woman has been charged with three counts of chemical endangerment after a child tested positive for fentanyl at ...

April 29, 2023
12:08 AM

DECATUR, Ala. ( WHNT ) – A Decatur woman has been charged with three counts of chemical endangerment after a child tested positive for fentanyl at Decatur Morgan Hospital. Decatur Police (DPD) says Erica Brittany Jerry has been charged with three counts of chemical endangerment of a child and one count of trafficking in illegal drugs. Decatur Police, Fire and EMS responded to a call of an unresponsive child at a home near 14th Avenue in Decatur. At the home, authorities say EMS gave the child Narcan and took them to the hospital.

Josiah Elmore