Parents arrested for letting 1-year-old girl ingest meth

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Parents accused of letting 1-year-old girl ingest meth

 

6:19 AM, Jun. 16, 2011
 
KIMBALL BENNION
 
 

Two Great Falls parents were arrested for criminal endangerment after allegedly letting their 1-year-old daughter drink methamphetamine-laced orange juice.

Court documents state that a social worker with the Department of Public Health and Human Services, who visited the home as part of an investigation, reported Angela Rose Haas, 23, and Lee Edwin Haas, 29, to the police Tuesday, saying the couple's daughter had tested positive for high levels of the drug. The couple appeared in court on felony criminal endangerment charges Wednesday.

Angela Haas told the social worker that the child drank orange juice that had been left out after a party in their home at 802 5th Ave. S., court documents state. Angela Haas gave the child the orange juice, she told police, but she said she didn't know the drug was in the drink. Someone later told her that it had an unknown amount of meth in it.

Both parents told police that they did not know the orange juice was laced with the drug, but prosecutors allege that the parents did not take the child to the emergency room once they found out what the baby drank.

Lee Haas told police that he noticed the girl was acting strange and would not sleep. The baby then began showing symptoms of meth withdrawal, which lasted for close to a day.

Both Lee and Angela Haas allegedly told police they didn't want to take their daughter to the emergency room because they were afraid of getting in trouble.

The parents were held at the Cascade County Jail as of Wednesday evening. Lee Haas was held on a $5,000 bond and Angela Haas was held on a bond of $5,285. The extra amount for Angela Haas' bond was because of an unrelated misdemeanor warrant that was served at the time of her arrest.

Felony criminal endangerment carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $50,000 fine.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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