Florida Woman Accused of Using Drugs with Baby in Car

(Land O'Lakes, Florida) A 22-year-old local woman, Samantha Jo Jackson, has been accused of taking drugs when watching a 3-month-old baby in the parking lot of a McDonald's restaurant.

Jackson faces counts of child neglect and possession of drug paraphernalia.

A deputy was called to the restaurant at 11:56 p.m. Thursday after someone reported seeing people in a 2003 Saturn Ion taking drugs while a baby was in the car, the report said.

When the deputy arrived, he walked up to the car and saw Jackson in the back middle seat, holding the 3-month-old girl, the report said. A syringe was sticking out from underneath a baby’s car seat that was next to her, and on the baby seat was a clear wrapper with white powder residue “consistent with drug use,” the report said.

Two witnesses told the deputy they had seen the occupants of the car “shooting up and snorting drugs off the dashboard” while they passed the baby around, the report said.

Jackson was booked into custody at the Land O’ Lakes Jail with bond set at $10,150.