Jennifer Lee Jones

Bartow County deputies booked 40-year-old Jennifer Lee Jones of Cartersville into the jail on Wednesday afternoon on the following warrants: murder during the commission of a felony, murder in the second degree, trafficking in illegal drugs, and cruelty to a child in the second degree.

She allegedly possessed approximately 29 grams of fentanyl at her household on Mission Road outside Cartersville on the afternoon of March 16th. This purported possession ultimately led to the overdose death of a juvenile due to criminal negligence.

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