In Chalmette, Louisiana, Brittany Annis, 22, was charged with second-degree cruelty to a juvenile - a felony - after her five-month-old daughter was found to have benzodiazepine in her system. It is believed that she passed the drugs to her daughter by nursing.
Benzodiazepines are sedatives. Valium is one type and it’s considered a controlled substance.
Annis was initially arrested after a domestic disturbance with the baby’s father. Luckily, police noticed that the baby seemed to be crying abnormally. Annis admitted that her daughter was born with a drug addiction.
Adam Geraci, 43, the baby’s father, told police that his girlfriend was taking his prescription meds without his permission. Suuuuuuure.
The baby is in the custody of a relative. Mom is in jail in lieu of $10,000 bond for second-degree cruelty to a juvenile and $2,500 bond for domestic abuse. Dad has been booked with domestic abuse, and was later turned over to authorities in Plaquemines Parish, where he has an outstanding arrest warrant.
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