WEATHERFORD —  

A woman whose two young daughters were treated for possibly ingesting their mother’s prescription medication in April was indicted Thursday on two charges of abandoning or endangering a child. 

Jennifer Marie Chron, 27, is accused of putting two of her daughters, ages 5 and 2 at the time, in danger for the second time that month, according to court records. 

The children were transported to the hospital after a neighbor found Chron at his house looking for her two daughters and the children’s grandmother and others responding to Chron’s house couldn’t account for several missing prescription pills.

Missing pills

A neighbor called the grandmother that evening, reporting Chron appeared “out of it” and was at his house looking for her two girls and didn’t seem to know where she was at, according to court records. 

He reported she was attempting to gather his laundry while leaving her two daughters alone at her residence, the sheriff’s office said in a statement. 

The grandmother arrived to find the water running over raw meat and overflowing from the sink, and pills — the ones she’d picked up that day — all over the floor, according to CPS. 

Of the 30 originally in the bottle, she could only find eight, and Chron could not account for the missing pills, according to authorities. 

“A witness stated when she arrived at the residence, there was trash ‘all over’ the home, beer bottle were ‘everywhere’ and groceries, which had been purchased around noon that day, had not been put up,” the sheriff’s office reported. 

One of the girls, then 2 years old, appeared to pass out, according to CPS. 

Law enforcement were called around 9 p.m. 

“Deputies arrived on scene and found the children unattended with Chron disoriented and confused about the deputy’s presence at the home,” according to the sheriff’s office. “Chron had an unsteady balance and kept falling down.”

“The smaller child was naked and dirty,” one deputy reported.

Deputies reportedly found only a few of the pills, including one that appeared to be chewed and spit out, and the 5-year-old said the 2-year-old had eaten a pill, according to court documents. 

LifeCare reportedly found one pill in the mouth of the toddler. 

Both girls were transported to Cook Children’s Hospital in Fort Worth, where they were treated for possible overdose and admitted for observation, though their vital signs appeared normal. 

“During an interview with sheriff’s investigators, Chron stated the prescription bottle contained a child-proof cap but she ‘may have left it open,’” according to the sheriff’s office. 

Chron, who was reportedly slurring her words, didn’t respond to her name when walking in the hospital and left to smoke a cigarette without taking her cigarettes. She reportedly told officers she took two Xanax, which her mother regularly dispensed for her, and hadn’t had any alcohol since her previous arrest, according to CPS. 

Though the grandmother reportedly told investigators her daughter had a history of abusing prescription medications and Chron currently took Xanax, she also said she believed Chron was reacting to medication for her stomach that she took after going to the emergency room the evening before, the CPS court filing states.

CPS removed all three of Chron’s daughters from the home. 

Previous issues

Florida authorities received a complaint involving Chron before the youngest was born in April 2009, according to court records. 

Chron was reportedly found in the shower 23-weeks pregnant with a needle in her arm, having crushed and injected Percocet. She convulsed on her way to the hospital, according to a document recently filed by Child Protective Services in court. She reportedly tested positive for opiates and cocaine. 

A June 2009 complaint in Florida alleged Chron fell with the newborn due to intoxication and she drove while impaired. Chron was reportedly non-compliant with services, according to CPS. 

The family reportedly relocated to Texas. 

In April 2010, CPS received a complaint that the youngest child fell onto the concrete garage floor from a chair. When Chron took her to the doctor, she reportedly left before receiving medical care because of the wait. 

When she did take the child to see the doctor, Chron was observed to be under the influence of alcohol and law enforcement was called, according to court records. Chron reportedly failed a field sobriety test. Her mother told police Chron was in rehabilitation and was taking methadone and that was the reason she appeared to be under the influence.

She reportedly received services from CPS for several months in 2010 and tested negative on a hair follicle drug test. 

However, the children’s father, Robert Chron, who had a history of drug use and tested positive on a hair follice test, reportedly committed suicide in November, 2010, dying of acute ethanol and methadone intoxication, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner. 

Chron was reportedly pulled over in February of 2011 and suspected of driving under the influence of Xanax but the CPS complaint was ruled out because the children were not in the vehicle and Chron was able to show she had a prescription, according to CPS records. 

Chron was out on bond on April 27 after a DWI arrest earlier in April where Hudson Oaks police reportedly found her daughters were in the vehicle. 

Other indictments Thursday include:

• Fabian Aurora Cardenas, manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance, more than 4 grams, less than 200 grams. 

• Hubert Dewayne Covey, manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance, more than 1 gram, less than 4 grams.

• Mary Roene Deford, possession of a controlled substance, less than 1 gram.

• Royce Duane Donaldson, burglary of a building.

• Justin Alexander Embry, fraudulent use or possession of identification information and forgery of a financial instrument. 

• Cody Martin Flinn, driving while intoxicated, third or more offense. 

• Jason Michael Grant, theft of service, more than $1,500, less than $20,000 and theft of property, more than $1,500, less than $20,000. 

• Corey Lee Hayes, burglary of a building. 

• Joshua Shane Jentzen, burglary of a habitation. 

• Justin Matthew Kidd, fraudulent use or possession of identifying information. 

• Todd Alan Ledbetter, manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance, more than 1 gram, less than 4 grams. 

• Nancy Ruth McIver, credit or debit card abuse. 

• Nancy Ruth McIver, theft of property, more than $1,500, less than $20,000.

• Nancy Ruth McIver, credit or debit card abuse. 

• Nancy Ruth McIver, credit or debit card abuse. 

• Nancy Ruth McIver, credit or debit card abuse. 

• Brandon Scott Mittelbuscher, possession of a controlled substance, less than 1 gram. 

• Jeffrey Clarence Naron, manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance, less than 28 grams. 

• Jeffrey Clarence Naron, manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance, less than 28 grams. 

• Carol Deann Rowland, manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance, more than 4 grams, less than 200 grams, and possession of a controlled substance, more than 4 grams, less than 200 grams.

• Henry Frank Russom, possession of a controlled substance, less than 1 gram. 

• Katherine Lynn Strain, forgery of a financial instrument. 

• Caleb Joel Sulfrian, aggravated sexual assault of a child, aggravated sexual assault of a child, aggravated sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child by sexual contact. 

• William Dalton Thomas, evading arrest or detention with a vehicle. 

• Dennis Ray Tichavsky, manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance, more than 4 grams, less than 200 grams. 

• Ryan Michael Treadway, theft of property, more than $1,500, less than $20,000.

• Brandon Paul Vanhouten, possession of a controlled substance, more than 1 gram, less than 4 grams. 

• Darrell Wayne Wise, possession of a controlled substance, more than 1 gram, less than 4 grams. 

• Latosha Nacoe Yancey, burglary of a habitation. 

• Johnny Arlen Zachary, assault of a family member by impeding breathing or circulation. 

• Pedro Mejia Perez, unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance, more than 1 gram, less than 4 grams. 

• Chance Wade Walker, driving while intoxicated, third or more offense.