Mom charged after baby overdoses on cocaine and fentanyl

A Raleigh woman was charged with felony child abuse after her 15-month-old child overdosed on cocaine and fentanyl, according to an arrest warrant.
Posted 8/7/2023, 4:10:00 PM Updated 8/7/2023, 10:00:10 PM

THE REPORTED FEATURE IN THE

WRAL NEWS APP. A TODDLER IS

RECOVERING IN THE HOSPITAL

AFTER A DRUG OVERDOSE AT A

KERRY HOTEL. THE 15 MONTH-OLD

GIRL WAS REVIVED BY FIRST

RESPONDERS USING NARCAN HER

MOTHER NOW FACES CHARGES.

WRAL'S ERIC MILLER WAS IN THE

COURTROOM WHEN SHE FACED A

JUDGE THIS AFTERNOON. ERIC,

THERE COULD BE MORE CHARGES IN

THIS CASE TOO.

>> ASHLEY, THERE COULD BE CARY.

POLICE SAY THIS IS STILL AN

ACTIVE INVESTIGATION. SOMETHING

THAT WAS CONFIRMED HERE AT THE

JUSTICE CENTER, THE ASSISTANT

DA THIS AFTERNOON SAYING THEY

FOUND A BAG INSIDE THE HOTEL

ROOM. THAT MOTHER WAS STAYING

IN THERE WAITING ON WARRANTS

FOR THAT BAG RIGHT NOW. THEY

SAY IT COULD CONTAIN MORE DRUGS

AND THAT COULD MEAN MORE

CHARGES.

>> THE CALL CAME IN SUNDAY

MORNING IN CARRY A CHILD IN

DISTRESS. THAT AREA THAT ARE

OUT TO AIR A DRIVE FOR FUNDING

TO COUNTRY IN A TWEET FROM THE

OKAY TO A LOBBY THERE.

>> OR TO A ONE OF EYES, IT

MIGHT HAVE WALLOWED SOMETHING

TESTS WOULD LATER SHOW THAT

SOMETHING WAS FENTANYL AND

COCAINE.

>> ACCORDING TO COURT

DOCUMENTS, THE 14 MONTH-OLD

SWALLOWED POWDER THEN SUFFERED

CARDIAC ARREST. ACCORDING TO

CARY PD, MEDICS WERE ABLE TO

BRING THE CHILD BACK WITH NOR

CAN BEFORE TAKING HER TO THE

HOSPITAL. IF CONVICTED, YOU

COULD GET UP TO 88 MONTHS IN

PRISON. THOSE FRIGHTENING

MOMENTS NOW LEADING TO CHARGES

FOR THE CHILD'S MOTHER. TAMIKA

WILLIAMS.

>> IN HER FIRST APPEARANCE,

WILLIAMS ASKED FOR A

COURT-APPOINTED ATTORNEY.

THE ASSISTANT DA ALSO LAID OUT

MUCH OF THE EVIDENCE AGAINST

HER. SO FOR SAYING DRUGS WERE

ALSO FOUND IN WILLIAMS POCKETS

AND SCATTERED AROUND HER HOTEL

ROOM.

>> HOWEVER, THROUGHOUT THE SHOW

AS WELL AS NATIONAL MICHAEL RAY

WILLIAMS. NEXT DAY IN COURT IS

NOW SET FOR AUGUST. 28 AT

09:00AM.

>> NOW AS TO THAT TIME WHERE WE

WERE TOLD IN COURT THIS

AFTERNOON THAT SHE IS OKAY,

SHOES AWAKE AND ALERT IS STILL

IN THE HOSPITAL IN PEDIATRIC

INTENSIVE CARE AT WAKE MED.

ACTUALLY SO MANY MOVING PARTS

TO THIS INVESTIGATION. WE'LL

STAY ON TOP OF THAT BRINGING

ANY NEW DETAILS AS WE GET WELL,

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