A woman arrested last week for allegedly giving her daughter away to a man she bought meth from in 2022 was able to post bond earlier this week.
According to court documents, it all started at an apartment complex in Moore in April of 2022, where it was learned that a child had not been seen in several years.
A year later, the Oklahoma Department of Human Services obtained a pickup order. While they weren’t able to find the child, they were able to find her mother, Ashley Rowland, at a residence off Regency Boulevard in Moore, with the help of the Moore Police Department.
Rowland told them that the child was with her father in Georgia, but she was interviewed again after authorities learned Rowland was lying.
This time, Rowland told police she gave her daughter, who was two years old at the time, to a man she was purchasing meth from and that she was on drugs heavily at the time she gave the child away.
She identified the man as Carlos, who told her he was going back to Mexico the last time she saw him, which was in April of 2022.
Last week, Rowland was booked into the Oklahoma County Jail, and authorities were working on raising her bail to $100,000. However, Rowland was able to get out before.
“So basically the judge on that Tuesday set the bond at $100,000, but by the time they had set the bond, the person had already bonded out of jail,” said Mark Opgrande, Communications Director for the Oklahoma County Jail.
Opgrande said this is because of what’s called the bond schedule.
“There’s a number of charges that you get booked in on, have automatic bonds set, and so then if they want to raise that, they have to hold a hearing in order to raise the bond,” he said.
DHS wasn’t able to speak to any specifics on this case per policy, but sent FOX 25 a statement, saying in part:
“Situations like those described in this affidavit are heartbreaking and unimaginable. The agency is grateful to our law enforcement partners for their continued work to find her and as they seek justice in her disappearance.”
Katie Sylvester, the bailiff of the special judge assigned to this case, Kevin McCray, said Rowland is due back in court on January 6 for an arraignment, where she will have to post $100,000 or she will remain in custody
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