Mother Arrested for Leaving Child in Garage | Dayton News

Dayton News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 19, 2026 · 1m

A chilling case in Mesa, Arizona, where a 32-year-old mother, Amy Shellhammer, was arrested for allegedly leaving her two-year-old son alone in a 109-degree garage — while admitting she’d been using fentanyl, meth, and THC around him. The child tested positive for all three drugs, and despite an active Colorado protection order forbidding her from being within 100 yards of him, she reportedly violated it repeatedly. Initially released after prosecutors declined to press charges, she was rearrested days later with new evidence, now facing serious child abuse and contempt charges — with a…