PICKENS — Two women were arrested last week after police allege they exposed a young child to methamphetamine.

Andrea Johnson, 47, of 411 Pine Thicket Road in Liberty, and Sheena Elizabeth Liddy, 27, of 720 Knox Road in Seneca, were arrested last Wednesday and charged with unlawful neglect of a child.

According to a news release from Pickens County Sheriff’s Office chief deputy Creed Hashe, the sheriff’s office and the Department of Social Services launched an investigation on Nov. 10 after receiving allegations that a child under the age of 5 had been exposed to methamphetamine.

Hashe said the child and his two primary caregivers all tested positive for the drug, and police believe the exposure happened at a home in Liberty.

Johnson and Liddy were each released from the Pickens County Detention Center last Thursday on a $15,000 personal recognizance bond.

The Department of Social Services is overseeing the placement and care of the child in another home away from Johnson and Liddy, Hashe said.