A Peachtree City mother sold narcotics she had bought online in the presence of her two children ages 2 and 5 Monday at the Camden apartments, police said in court Wednesday afternoon.

Police were told that two other subjects consumed drugs at the apartment moments before police served a search warrant there, said Police Chief James Murray.

Katherine Dean-Nunez, 25, of 6202 Merrick Drive, was charged with felony counts of possession of xanax with intent to sell or distribute and possession of methamphetamine; also lodged were misdemeanor counts of possession of marijuana and possession of drug related objects. The latter charge stemmed from scales found in her bedroom closet along with some of the drugs which were kept in a small safe, police said.

Fayette County Magistrate Robert Ruppenthal set Dean-Nunez’s bond at $72,000 after noting that she had nothing on her prior record other than traffic charges.

Murray had asked the court to set a high enough bond to keep Dean-Nunez in jail “so she will not get back out and sell more narcotics.”

Murray said the presence of the crystal “ice” methamphetamine was potentially quite dangerous to the children because of the chemicals that enter the air when the drug is consumed.

“It’s a real danger to the children who breathe the same air,” Murray said.

The two children are now in the custody of her parents, her attorney said.

After court, Murray said police discovered that Dean-Nunez would purchase the narcotics over the Internet by using unscrupulous businesses that would dispense prescriptions without ever seeing her in person. Such incidents are a growing problem that must be addressed by the federal government, Murray said, indicating that evidence in the case would be passed along to the feds.

“It’s like e-bay for drugs,” Murray said.

Police seized two computers from Dean-Nunez’s home because they were likely used to order the medication, Murray said.

Other than Dean-Nunez and her two children, no one else was living in the apartment at the time, Murray added. Her attorney said she was unemployed but was a student taking correspondence courses.

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