A couple from Florida have been apprehended and charged after a child, who was merely 14 months old, overdosed. According to PEOPLE, the young child overdosed on cocaine, says the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.
Officials responded to a report of an unconscious child in Bonita Springs, Florida. The pair, 33-year-old Diego Tzoy Pu and 30-year-old Santa Lux Pu De Tzoy, were charged
“with child neglect and drug possession,”
after officials claimed the toddler consumed
“several pills described as oxycodone.”
Authorities said the drugs were tested and it contained cocaine. According to the police, it is alleged that the pills were inside Tzoy Pu’s wallet, which was positioned on a table accessible to the child. The toddler
“was seen screaming and crying with a blue pill in her teeth,”
said the sheriff’s office. After being transported to the hospital, the child’s condition is now stable.
Sheriff Carmine Marceno said,
“We have to protect those that cannot protect themselves.”
“Thank God the child is going to be okay. We will continue to work with DCF to ensure this child is in a safe environment, free of drugs and neglect,”
the sheriff said.
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