A Northampton woman who took her 2-year-old son on a drug run to the Kensington section of Philadelphia has been sentenced to probation.
Jordan Brugger-Shuster, 33, was initially charged with a felony count of endangering the welfare of a child, however as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors, that charge was reduced to a misdemeanor count of reckless endangerment. Court records show on Nov. 7, Brugger-Shuster pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor reckless endangerment charge as well as one misdemeanor count of possession of a controlled substance.
As a result of her plea, Brugger-Shuster was sentenced to six months’ probation. An additional charge of possession of drug paraphernalia was also dropped as part of the plea agreement.
Sentencing notes also show Brugger-Shuster has been ordered to continue with drug treatment, and she has to pay a monthly offender supervision fee.
Montgomery Township Police were patrolling on Bethlehem Pike at 12:34 a.m. on Sept. 9, 2021, when they observed a blue SUV with a broken taillight and subsequently initiated a traffic stop. Police made contact with the female driver, the female front seat passenger, and Brugger-Shuster, who was seated in the back seat with her 2-year-old son, according to the criminal complaint.
Brugger-Shuster told police that they had travelled to Kensington to purchase drugs, and added that while she was in Kensington, she snorted heroin, police said. Brugger-Shuster then asked if police could retrieve her son’s blanket from the backseat of the vehicle, at which point police found “numerous” glassine bags on the rear floorboard containing suspected heroin, according to the complaint.
Investigators said the suspected heroin was located directly next to the 2-year-old boy and presented a clear danger to the toddler.
As police continued to speak with Brugger-Shuster, she advised that she may have a meth pipe in her bra, police said. Brugger Shuster then retrieved a bag of marijuana, two hypodermic needles, four wax envelopes of suspected heroin, an empty glassine bag containing a white residue and a rubber marijuana wax cap from her bra, police said.
All three of the women were then taken into custody, however the driver and front seat passenger were not charged with child endangerment or any felony counts.
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