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Woman arrested in drug possession, child abuse
A late night phone call to authorities lands a mother drug possession and child abuse charges.
Forty-seven-year-old Maria Cynthia Parducho Valdes is charged with possession of a schedule II controlled substance as a third-degree felony and child abuse and family violence as misdemeanors.
The magistrate complaint states a member of Valdes’ household notified authorities of alleged abuse taking place on a one-year-old boy.
The complainant who called police also allegedly said Valdes smokes methamphetamine in the presence of the one-year old.
A green flashlight container with several plastic bags yielded a positive result for meth.