News (Media Awareness Project) - US VA: Mother Sentenced For Toddler's Overdose |
| Title: | US VA: Mother Sentenced For Toddler's Overdose |
| Published On: | 2001-11-22 |
| Source: | Roanoke Times (VA) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-25 03:52:00 |
MOTHER SENTENCED FOR TODDLER'S OVERDOSE
16-month-old Girl Swallowed Oxycontin And Xanax
Lisa Chaney Will Serve 18 Months, Plus A Previously Suspended 2-year
Sentence On Another Charge.
ROCKY MOUNT - A Ferrum woman who police say allowed her 16-month-old
daughter to overdose on a potentially deadly painkiller pleaded guilty to
felony child neglect Wednesday in Franklin County Circuit Court.
Lisa Chaney, 24, was sentenced to 18 months in jail. She will also serve a
previously suspended 2-year sentence for fraudulently acquiring another
prescription drug, Commonwealth's Attorney Cliff Hapgood said.
Chaney's husband, Kevin, 27, also is charged with felony child neglect. His
jury trial had been scheduled for Wednesday but was postponed until Monday,
Hapgood said.
On June 5, the toddler was brought to Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital
by her grandparents, who noticed during a visit that the girl was having
breathing problems.
The hospital discovered chemical components that indicated the girl had
ingested OxyContin, a powerful painkiller, and Xanax, an anti-anxiety
medication, police said. The level of OxyContin in the toddler's blood was
double that of a standard adult dosage, Hapgood said.
The girl was taken to Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital and kept in the
pediatric intensive care unit for two days. Hospital officials said she was
in good health when she was released.
The hospital notified the Franklin County Department of Social Services,
which removed the toddler and her 6-year-old sister from the Chaneys'
custody and placed them in the care of their grandparents.
It remains unclear how the baby ingested the drugs. The parents have said
that she swallowed pills that had been spilled on the floor, police said.
Kevin Chaney had several prescriptions for different dosages of OxyContin,
but authorities don't know which dosage pills the baby took. Chaney told
authorities he threw the pills out the car window on the way to the
hospital, Hapgood said.
Since 1997, at least 55 deaths in Virginia have been attributed to drugs
with oxycodone, the active ingredient in OxyContin.
16-month-old Girl Swallowed Oxycontin And Xanax
Lisa Chaney Will Serve 18 Months, Plus A Previously Suspended 2-year
Sentence On Another Charge.
ROCKY MOUNT - A Ferrum woman who police say allowed her 16-month-old
daughter to overdose on a potentially deadly painkiller pleaded guilty to
felony child neglect Wednesday in Franklin County Circuit Court.
Lisa Chaney, 24, was sentenced to 18 months in jail. She will also serve a
previously suspended 2-year sentence for fraudulently acquiring another
prescription drug, Commonwealth's Attorney Cliff Hapgood said.
Chaney's husband, Kevin, 27, also is charged with felony child neglect. His
jury trial had been scheduled for Wednesday but was postponed until Monday,
Hapgood said.
On June 5, the toddler was brought to Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital
by her grandparents, who noticed during a visit that the girl was having
breathing problems.
The hospital discovered chemical components that indicated the girl had
ingested OxyContin, a powerful painkiller, and Xanax, an anti-anxiety
medication, police said. The level of OxyContin in the toddler's blood was
double that of a standard adult dosage, Hapgood said.
The girl was taken to Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital and kept in the
pediatric intensive care unit for two days. Hospital officials said she was
in good health when she was released.
The hospital notified the Franklin County Department of Social Services,
which removed the toddler and her 6-year-old sister from the Chaneys'
custody and placed them in the care of their grandparents.
It remains unclear how the baby ingested the drugs. The parents have said
that she swallowed pills that had been spilled on the floor, police said.
Kevin Chaney had several prescriptions for different dosages of OxyContin,
but authorities don't know which dosage pills the baby took. Chaney told
authorities he threw the pills out the car window on the way to the
hospital, Hapgood said.
Since 1997, at least 55 deaths in Virginia have been attributed to drugs
with oxycodone, the active ingredient in OxyContin.
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