Mom Arrested in Plainfield After Bringing Toddler on Drug Deal: Police

A mom from Voluntown is facing charges after bringing her 3-year-old daughter along on a drug deal in Plainfield, according to police.

Police said the mother, Sarah Chattell, 25, was involved in a drug deal early Friday afternoon in the parking lot of a Big Y supermarket in Plainfield. Officers found her with heroin and marijuana and said Chattell had her 3-year-old daughter in tow.

She was arrested and charged with possession of heroin, possession of less than half an ounce of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and risk of injury to a minor. Chattell is due in court July 27.

It's Chattell's second drug arrest in Plainfield in about a month. She was one of four people arrested and charged with heroin possession June 5.

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