Son in car when mom arrested with drugs

A woman was arrested Monday morning on charges of child endangering and possession of drugs.

Ashley Cason, 24, 1710 N. Sweetbriar Lane, is facing charges of child endangering, possession of a drug abuse instrument, possession of drugs and receiving stolen property after Springfield police conducted a traffic stop on a reported stolen vehicle, according to court records.

Cason was driving the vehicle but told police she had borrowed it from a friend, police said. When officers searched the car they found what appeared to be heroin and crack and found a syringe and spoon, police said.

Cason’s four-year-old son was in the car at the time of the stop. She pleaded not guilty to all charges in a Clark County Municipal Court arraignment Monday and is booked in the Clark County Jail on $6,000 bond.

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