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PD: Mom arrested after child left in hot garage – FOX 10 Phoenix

PD: Mom arrested after child left in hot garage  FOX 10 Phoenix The suspect, identified as Amy Shellhammer, reportedly admitted to investigators that she "smokes fentanyl, meth, and marijuana 10+ [times] per day inside her residence with her 2-year-old."…
One Place News   •   September 21, 2026   •   Updated September 21, 2026
PD: Mom arrested after child left in hot garage – FOX 10 Phoenix

PD: Mom arrested after child left in hot garage  FOX 10 Phoenix

The suspect, identified as Amy Shellhammer, reportedly admitted to investigators that she "smokes fentanyl, meth, and marijuana 10+ [times] per day inside her residence with her 2-year-old." Police say a 2-year-old was left in an unairconditioned Mesa garage and tested positive for drugs, leading to his mother's arrest. FOX 10's Andrew Christiansen reports. PHOENIX – A Mesa mother is facing child abuse charges, after she allegedly left her 2-year-old son by himself inside a garage with no air conditioning. Investigators say the toddler also had illegal drugs in his system. "Fentanyl, methamphetamine, and THC was discovered in the victim's system after a medical evaluation. The medical evaluation results prompted further investigation by DCS," read a portion of the court documents.

Police said Shellhouse later admitted that "she smokes fentanyl, meth, and marijuana 10+ [times] per day inside her residence with her 2-year-old," and said her son is "obviously exposed when she smokes." "Multiple illicit metabolites found in his system. The fact that he was left in a garage in this heat in Phoenix, Arizona by himself," a judge said during court proceedings. A Mesa woman is accused of leaving her toddler in a garage without air conditioning, and court documents also reveal the child tested positive for multiple drugs. FOX 10's Andrew Christensen reports. Schellhammer, 32, made her initial court

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