Dubuque woman sentenced to probation for exposing child to meth

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A Dubuque woman has been sentenced to two years of probation for exposing a child to methamphetamine. Emily N. Buhrman, 28, recently pleaded guilty to a charge of child endangerment. Reports state that Iowa Department of Human Services received a report on Oct. 18 alleging that Buhrman exposed her children, then ages 3 and 2, to methamphetamine while they were in her care. Authorities investigated and learned that the two children often were left without proper supervision “and were allowed to turn on water in a bathtub, which caused the bathtub to overflow and flood the entire apartment building, causing extensive damage. The children “were also found to be consistently living in extreme filth, to be improperly dressed for the weather conditions and to not be properly bathed,” documents state. Tests of the children’s hair samples were positive for meth exposure.