Fentanyl-drugged Anderson mom revived then arrested after toddler seen holding baggy of narcotics during medical aid call
ANDERSON, Calif., — Authorities say a local woman was arrested and her child was taken into protective custody after officers found the allegedly fentanyl-drugged mother passed out in her running car and discovered her toddler-aged child was “manipulating” his mother’s baggy of fentanyl last night, Friday, Feb. 25.
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City of Anderson police officers were dispatched to a 911 call reporting a woman passed out in her vehicle with a child inside the car with her.
When an officer arrived, he began attempting to rouse the passed-out woman and summoned medical aid to the scene, while also checking on her child who was in the vehicle with her, Anderson Police Department has since reported.
Antonia Clayborne of Anderson was arrested and her 2-year-old son was taken into protective custody after she was found passed out and under the influence of fentanyl and her child was seen manipulating the woman’s baggy of potentially deadly narcotics yesterday. Anderson PD photos
“While making attempts to wake her up, he observed the female’s child attempting to grab a plastic baggy (the woman) had in her right hand,” APD explained. “Based on the exigency of the circumstances, the officer removed the female from the vehicle.”
After waking the woman, later identified as Antonia Josephine Clayborne, 29 of Anderson, she admitted to being under the influence of drugs and the baggy she was found to be in possession of was later determined to contain Fentanyl.
The child who was seen manipulating the baggy of fentanyl was identified as Clayborne’s 2-year-old son.
Due to her child having direct access to the baggy of fentanyl, Clayborne was arrested for felony child endangerment.
A subsequent evaluation conducted by one of the department’s Drug Recognition Experts confirmed Clayborne was under the influence of fentanyl, “resulting in her facing additional criminal charges,” said APD.
The child was taken into protective custody and Clayborne was booked into the Shasta County Jail in Redding on suspicion of child endangerment likely to result in great bodily injury or death and driving under the influence of drugs.
Online jail records indicate she remains in custody, where she is being held in lieu of $10,000 bail or bond.
The Anderson Police Department later thanked the community “for being vigilant and reporting incidents like this to law enforcement.”
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Trevor Montgomery, 51, moved in 2017 to the Intermountain area of Shasta County from Riverside County and operates Riverside County News Source (RCNS) and Shasta County News Source (SCNS), which act as stringer-news providers for other mainstream media organizations throughout the two regions they serve.
Additionally, he writes or has written for several other news organizations; including Riverside County based newspapers Valley News, Valley Chronicle, Anza Valley Outlook, and Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle; the Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County; and Mountain Echo in Shasta County. He is also a regular contributor to Thin Blue Line TV and Law Enforcement News Network and has had his stories featured on news stations throughout the Southern California and North State regions.
Trevor spent 10 years in the U.S. Army as an Orthopedic Specialist before joining the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in 1998. He was medically retired after losing his leg, breaking his back, and suffering both spinal cord and brain injuries in an off-duty accident. (Click here to see segment of Discovery Channel documentary of Trevor’s accident.)
During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations; including Robert Presley Detention Center, Southwest Station in Temecula, Hemet/Valle Vista Station, Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center, and Lake Elsinore Station; along with other locations.
Trevor’s assignments included Corrections, Patrol, DUI Enforcement, Boat and Personal Water-Craft based Lake Patrol, Off-Road Vehicle Enforcement, Problem Oriented Policing Team, and Personnel/Background Investigations. He finished his career while working as a Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Investigator and was a court-designated expert in child abuse and child sex-related crimes.
Trevor has been married for more than 30 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and his “fluid family” includes 13 children and 18 grandchildren.