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Fugitive arrested on drug, child neglect charges at Newport News motel

Posted at 12:09 PM, May 20, 2015
and last updated 2015-05-20 12:09:29-04
Jamie Chloe Firth

Jamie Chloe Firth

Newport News, Va. – A woman wanted on drug and child neglect charges was arrested at a Newport News motel on Tuesday.

24-year-old Jamie Chloe Firth of Poquoson was arrested by patrol officers and members of the Fugitive Apprehension Unit at the Fort Eustis Inn at 16923 Warwick Boulevard around 4:55pm.

Firth was wanted on charges of one count each of possession of a schedule I or II drug, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving with a revoked operator’s license and child neglect (having a 3-year-old child with her while under the influence of drugs).

At the time of her arrest she was also charged with one count each of possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and two counts of a schedule I or II drug.