A Grand Jury has indicted three Ava residents after an investigation found an 8-week-old infant very malnourished and in poor physical condition.
On Wednesday, Douglas County Deputies arrested 44-year-old Jammie Jean White, 21-year-old Ashlee Dean, and 25-year-old Nicholas Womble on Grand Jury Indictments. The indictments were a result of an investigation conducted by Sheriff Chris Degase, Deputy Joe Dering, and Children’s Division after a hotline was received on an 8-week-old infant child.
Deputy Dering initially responded to the residence with Children’s Division where he located approximately 80 well cared for mature marijuana plants. Deputy Dering did not locate anyone at the residence at this time. Approximately 1 hour later Sheriff Degase and Deputy Dering returned to the residence to find the marijuana plants chopped down and lying in a pile. Sheriff Degase knocked on the door and Jammie White answered the door. White advised that Ashlee Dean and Womble ran into the woods with the infant child after Deputy Dering left. White admitted to cutting down the marijuana plants after Deputy Dering left the first time. White yelled and the three subjects came out of the woods.
Sheriff Degase found the infant to be very malnourished and in poor physical condition. The infant was transported to the hospital by ambulance. It was found the infant had not been given its medication that had been prescribed by a doctor. The infant was being fed goat milk replacer, Vienna Sausages, and Code Red Mountain Dew.
The infant was taken into state custody and began receiving medical treatment and examinations.
All three subjects were charged with Endangering the Welfare of a Child 1st Degree and Child Abuse both are Class B Felonies.
Whites’s bond was set at $150,000 cash only while Dean and Wombles was set at $15,000 cash only.
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