King County, like many counties nationwide, is facing a fentanyl epidemic. The King County Prosecutor’s Office cited 685 overdoses related to fentanyl in 2022, eight years removed from 2015’s mark of just three.
on KIRO Newsradio. “And also, they said there was a history of fentanyl shortly after the child was born. She was in court last week and charged with endangerment with a controlled substance. It really is a heartbreaking case, and when you see the photos from this case, anytime that you see a child involved in a case like this — a child endangerment case — it’s hard to unsee it.”
When officers approached, they found a 28-year-old woman slumped over with her 3-month-old son. According to the report, loose narcotics and a pipe were just inches away from the child and the child’s plate. But according to the King County Prosecutor’s Office, a parent can only be charged with felony child endangerment — unless the child dies — if meth is involved, which is why it was possible for the county to charge the Redmond incident as a felony case.
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