POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — A husband and wife are facing child neglect charges after Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies said one of their young daughters tested positive for cocaine.
Records show that authorities took Charles Bernard Adams, 42, and Alexandra Shana Adams, 34, both of Pompano Beach, into custody on Wednesday.
According to a BSO arrest report, they are the parents of two daughters, ages 2 and 4.
The report doesn’t state which of the two girls tested positive for the drug, but says deputies were called the couple’s home last Thursday after medics took one of the girls to the hospital after she was found unresponsive.
Investigators said Charles Adams told them that he had put the girl to bed for a nap at around noon and the couple took a nap as well. According to the report, Charles Adams told deputies that he was awoken by the girl “and her shallow breathing,” leading him to call 911.
Medics took the girl to Broward Health Imperial Point and later to Broward Health Medical Center’s pediatric emergency room, where she tested positive for cocaine.
Authorities said both Charles and Alexandra Adams tested positive for multiple drugs, including amphetamines, benzodiazepines and kratom.
Workers with the Florida Department of Children and Families took both girls into state custody.
Both parents are now each facing two counts of child neglect, records show, and a judge ordered that both be held on a $30,000 bond. If they bond out, they are not to have contact with their daughters and must submit to drug tests and GPS monitoring.
As of Thursday afternoon, Charles Adams was being held in BSO’s Main Jail facility in Fort Lauderdale, while Alexandra Adams was being held in the agency’s North Broward Bureau jail facility in Pompano Beach.
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