A Las Vegas girl is going through expenses of kid abuse and endangerment after her child son overdosed on some fentanyl-laced painkillers, in line with authorities.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police mentioned the 17 -month-old boy survived the overdose final month.
Police advised the Las Vegas Evaluate-Journal that Regina Amber Coyle was arrested Thursday for allegedly inflicting the kid “unjustifiable bodily damage” for giving him “quick access” to the unlawful drug.
Coyle, 39, had her bond set at $20,000 at her first look in courtroom Friday. It was not instantly clear Sunday if Coyle has a lawyer but who may communicate on her behalf.
In line with police, Coyle was dwelling alone together with her son on April 26 when he consumed two or three “unsecured blue tablets” which Coyle described as fentanyl-laced Percocet.
A mom is going through expenses of kid abuse and endangerment in Las Vegas, Nevada, after her son consumed two to 3 tablets of fentanyl-laced Percocet.
Police advised the Evaluate-Journal that the kid confirmed indicators of overdosing and later was unresponsive.
However as a substitute of calling 911 or taking her child to a close-by hospital, police mentioned, Coyle went to a household providers heart asking for medication designed to counteract an opioid overdose.
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The kid was gasping for breath and obtained CPR on the heart earlier than the Clark County Fireplace Division rescue personnel administered Narcan, the Evaluate-Journal reported. The account mentioned that stabilized the boy who in the end needed to be admitted to a hospital.
“Coyle said that her son will get into the whole lot and that she will not be prescribed the tablets,” in line with a police report obtained by Las Vegas TV station KVVU.
The station additionally reported that Coyle advised police she buys the tablets figuring out they’re laced with fentanyl as a result of they “are more durable to crush up than those with out fentanyl.”
KVVU mentioned the police report additionally said that Coyle normally retains the tablets in her automotive or purse and takes as much as six per day, shopping for them with cash borrowed from family members.
