RFP Staff/Landis Police Department/Capt. Hosey
♦ Shannon Clement, 26, mother of a toddler 20 months old, charged with youngster’s alleged over dose in Landis N.C.
According to Capt. Hosey of the Landis Police Department on the department’s Facebook page: “Around 10:30 this morning, a 911 call was made from 416 S. Beaver St, Landis, regarding a 20-month-old child having difficulty breathing. The call was made by a family friend, who came to the home out of concern when she was unable to reach the resident, Shannon Clement, 26, by telephone.
When Clement failed to answer the door, the friend went inside the home and found Clement asleep in bed, with the child. The caller told investigators that when she pulled the covers back on the bed, several pills fell onto the floor.
During the frantic 911 call, the caller describes the child as having difficulty breathing, unconscious, limp, with purple lips and “white stuff all over her face.” The unconscious child can be heard gasping for breath during the call.
The Landis Fire Department, Rowan County EMS, and the Landis Police Department responded.
The child was transported by EMS to a local hospital & is currently being treated for an overdose. Thankfully, the child is expected to make a full recovery.
Landis Police investigators searched the home, and found an assortment of drugs & drug paraphernalia inside. Investigators charged Clement with one count of Felony Child Abuse by Neglect, one count of Felony Maintaining a Dwelling for Controlled Substances, two counts of Possession of a Schedule II Controlled Substance, one count of Possession of a Schedule IV Controlled Substance, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
Clement was booked into the Rowan County jail under a $90,000 secured bond. -Capt. Hosey”
