Kentucky parents arrested after 1-year-old allegedly ate THC gummies

HENDERSON, Ky (WEHT) – Two parents are in the Daviess County Detention Center after their one-year-old child allegedly ate marijuana gummies.

The Owensboro Police Department said officers, along with AMR and Owensboro Fire officials, were dispatched to an accidental poisoning on Aug. 1.

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OPD said the parents, Jesika Riggs and Patro Stevenson, requested an ambulance due to a child a 1-year-old ingesting an unknown substance and moving very slowly.

The child was eventually taken to Norton’s Children’s Hospital.

Officials said a search warrant was executed at the family’s residence where patrol officers seized suspected methamphetamine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Officials also say an empty bottle of THC gummies was found, and an investigation revealed that the child likely ingested edible marijuana gummies.

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