Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Arrests Westminster Woman On An Unlawful Neglect Of A Child Charge

(Seneca, SC)———————-The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Westminster woman this week on charges of Unlawful Neglect of a Child. 27 years old Michelle Amber Sexton is accused of smoking marijuana during her pregnancy, according to a warrant obtained by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office. A drug screen that was performed on the child on the day after the child’s birth showed the child tested positive for marijuana. A drug screen conducted on Sexton revealed that she also tested positive for marijuana. The Sheriff’s Office began an investigation after being contacted by the Department of Social Services after the juvenile child tested positive for marijuana in the drug screen.