Two people have been arrested after a child ingested narcotics in Scotland County.
On Sunday, Scotland County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to an address off of McFarland Road in reference to an unresponsive child, who is reported to be two years old, according to a post on the Scotland County Detective Division’s Facebook page. The child was reported to have ingested “an illicit narcotic, a schedule II narcotic identified as Fentanyl and Heroin combination, as defined by North Carolina general statues.”
The child is being held for observation at a local hospital and is reported to be stable, says the post. The child remains in the care of child services.
Thomas Scott Ivey, Sr., 34, and Caitlin Sessoms, 27, were arrested on the following charges: felony child abuse by negligence, resulting in serious bodily injury and felony child abuse by negligence, resulting in serious physical injury.
Ivey and Sessoms both received a secured bond of $500,000 and are scheduled for first appearances on Monday.
“The investigation remains ongoing at this time. A search warrant was executed at the residence of Ivey and Sessoms in the area of McFarland Road, and a number of items were seized as evidence,” the post also says. “Ivey and Sessoms will receive additional charges related to possession of schedule I and II narcotics, related to MDMA, “ecstasy”, and heroin.”