BUNKER HILL (AP and Hays Post) — Russell County authorities say a Kansas woman is in jail after three of her four foster children tested positive for marijuana.

The 54-year-old woman from Bunker Hill was arrested Thursday afternoon and jailed on three counts of aggravated child endangerment. Pam Pertl also faces allegations of marijuana possession and marijuana distribution.

Russell County Sheriff John Fletcher says deputies were called to the Russell County Courthouse June 5 while a social worker and state officials were investigating because the woman and her three girls tested positive for the drug.

Fletcher says one of the children told the social worker that the woman and girls also drank milk mixed with bleach.

The four children were placed in new foster home by St. Francis Community and Family Services. Their ages were not released.

Pertl was being held on a $40,000, Fletcher said.