By Associated Press - Saturday, February 25, 2017

TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A Tulsa-area mother was arrested after police found her passed out behind the front seats of a truck filled with drugs and exposed needles and her 2-month-old infant left unsupervised in the cold vehicle.

Police discovered the infant in a truck parked outside a home improvement store late Friday. The back window was open, exposing the child to near-freezing temperatures.

The child’s mother was passed out in the truck, and police said they discovered marijuana and methamphetamine nearby and a syringe filled with dark liquid next to the infant’s seat. Police said the liquid tested positive for methamphetamine.



The Tulsa World reports (https://bit.ly/2mwUbtL ) officers also arrested the child’s father after he came out of the store on a complaint of child endangerment.

The child has been placed in state custody.

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Information from: Tulsa World, https://www.tulsaworld.com

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