A mother has been charged with child abuse or neglect after her four-year-old son ingested methamphetamine.
36-year-old Jessica Leann Bain of Church Street, Smithville is under a total bond of $50,000 on charges of child abuse or neglect (child under 8 years old) and possession of methamphetamine. Her court date is July 10.
The case was investigated by Detective Brandon Donnell of the Smithville Police Department who filed the following affidavits of complaint in the arrest warrants.
“On June 18, 2025, at 7:51 p.m. Smithville Police were dispatched to the emergency room in Smithville for a 4-year-old child that had ingested Methamphetamine. Upon my arrival, I made contact with the child’s grandfather who advised that he picked the child up and noticed the child was not acting right and he took him to the hospital. The child’s mother, Jessica Bain, advised that her son had ingested left over bong water that was used to smoke the meth that was sitting on her nightstand in her bedroom. The child was transported to Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital. The 4-year-old child tested positive for Meth, THC, and Amphetamine”.
“On June 18, 2025 I was investigating a Child Abuse case involving a 4 year old child ingesting Methamphetamine. I went to the mother of the child’s residence on Church Street where the offense occurred and made contact with the mother, Jessica Bain. Ms. Bain gave me consent to search the residence and I found 2 grams of a crystal substance that later tested positive for Methamphetamine in Jessica Bain’s closet”.