ELKINS, W.Va. (WBOY) — A lady was arrested in Elkins on Wednesday after a 2-year-old in her care was hospitalized and he or she allegedly threatened legislation enforcement and Baby Protecting Providers (CPS).
In accordance with a legal criticism, on March 6, Tesa Hartley, 22, known as 911 from an house on Stoddard Avenue in Elkins as a result of a 2-year-old little one had “‘hit a dab pen’ and ‘his lips had been turning purple from coughing.’”
A “dab pen” is a sort of e-cigarette or vape that comprises THC.
Officers from the Elkins Police Division mentioned they responded with Randolph County EMS and located a person holding the kid and patting his again, saying “come on buddy.” The kid was respiratory however was “very pale” and solely “semi-responsive,” in keeping with the criticism. EMS instantly transported the kid together with Hartley to Davis Medical Middle.
After the pen was retrieved and Hartley returned to the house, an officer tried to talk together with her, however she advised him “f*** you and your assertion and CPS,” the criticism mentioned.
After talking with CPS, Hartley agreed to talk with police; throughout that interview, she mentioned that the kid had dumped out a handbag containing the pen, the criticism mentioned. Officers mentioned that Hartley advised them that she had then positioned the gadget on the counter away from the kid, however he “moved a chair to the counter in query and retrieved the pen whereas she was within the lavatory.” She then known as 911.
Throughout the identical interview, Hartley mentioned “two-year-olds wander round get into issues,” officers mentioned.
Hartley has been charged with little one neglect leading to harm and is being held in Tygart Valley Regional Jail on $40,000 cash-only bail.
