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FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say a woman has been indicted months after her daughter was born addicted to cocaine.
The TimesDaily (http://bit.ly/1l0Dm9L ) reported Sunday that 38-year-old Tosha Jean Ward was indicted on a charge of chemical endangerment of a child. Police detective Drew Harless says Ward was arrested on April 13 about a week after her daughter was born at Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital in Florence.
The indictment says Ward knowingly, recklessly or intentionally caused her child to be exposed to a controlled substance.
Police say the baby is under the supervision of the Lauderdale County Department of Human Resources.
Ward is out on bail of $5,000.
Ward is scheduled to be arraigned on Dec. 16.
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