How Could You? Hall of Shame-Pam Pertl UPDATED

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From Bunker Hill, Kansas, Foster mother Pam Pertl,54, “is in jail after three of her four foster children tested positive for marijuana .”

“On June 5th, Deputies were called to the Russell County Courthouse. A social worker with the Hays Department of Children and Families and the KDHE were there investigating after 54-year-old Pam Pertl and the three girls tested positive for the drug.

One of the children told the social worker that Pertl and the girls also drank milk mixed with bleach, Sheriff John Fletcher said.

During a search of Pertl’s home in Bunker Hill, deputies found nearly 12 grams of marijuana and paraphernalia. Cups filled with liquid and a container of bleach were also taken as evidence.

All four of the children were removed from the home and placed in new ones by St. Francis Community and Family Services. Their ages were not released.

Pertl was arrested Thursday evening for possession of marijuana, two counts of marijuana distribution and three counts of aggravated child endangerment. She is being held in the Russell County Jail on $40,000 bond.

Further details were not provided. ”

Kansas woman arrested after foster kids test positive for marijuana[Kake 6/19/14]

“The Russell County Sheriff’s department said in a press release Thursday that deputies were called June 5 after a social worker and state officials reported Pertl and three foster teens in her care tested positive for marijuana. Undersheriff Max Barrett told The Associated Press on Friday that Pertl and two of her foster teens tested positive for marijuana, a third juvenile tested negative and a fourth was not involved. All four juveniles have been placed elsewhere.

The department did not release juveniles’ names or ages, but said they were female teenagers who had been living with Pertl in Bunker Hill, a town of about 100 residents in central Kansas.

Barrett said one of the teens told the social worker that Pertl and the teens also drank milk mixed with bleach to try to mask their urinary drug samples.

“They were trying to use the bleach to be able to clean up their UA,” their urinary analysis samples, Barrett said.

It was unclear Friday if Pertl had a lawyer. Calls to a phone listing under Pertl’s name were not answered Friday.

The sheriff’s department has been aware of Pertl as a longtime foster care provider and has had issues with her before, Barrett said.

“She is a foster mom who we have had a lot of trouble with, and in the last year we’ve had a numerous number of runaways from her home, so it’s a person we’re very familiar with,” Barrett said.

Theresa Freed, spokeswoman for the Kansas Department of Children and Families, said in an email Friday she could not comment on cases, but said foster parents “are held to high standards.”

“If it is determined a foster home is unsafe, children will no longer be placed there,” Freed said. “Any report of abuse or neglect made to the Department for Children and Families is taken seriously.” Krug said.

Pertl was released Thursday on $40,000 bond. Her next court appearance is scheduled for July 10.”

Foster teen says she drank bleach to mask cannabis[Kansas First News 6/20/14 by Amy Himmelberg]

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Update: A search of the Kansas Criminal records shows that on 12/10/14 she plead guilty/Nolo Contendre  to “21.5706.b.3 Possession of hallucinogenic drug”, “21.5603.a.1 Contribute to a child misconduct; Encourage to remain/become a CINC)”,and that ” Probation supervision ordered 12-10-2014“. She paid a fine of $670