A Glendale mother was arrested Thursday for suspicion of child endangerment and possession of controlled substances after her months-old baby boy had to be hospitalized twice and given Narcan to offset opioid ingestion.
Glendale police officers were called about noon Wednesday to a home in the 400 block of West Dryden Street on reports of a child not breathing, police said. Glendale Fire Department units were at the scene preparing to take the baby boy -- described as"under the age of one year old" -- to a hospital.
During transport, paramedics determined the baby “demonstrated signs indicative of narcotics ingestion” and gave him Narcan. “The baby responded immediately to the Narcan, indicating that opioids were ingested,'' according to the GPD."Shortly after the baby and mother arrived at the hospital, the mother refused to allow medical personnel to attend to the child and quickly left the hospital with the child against doctor's orders.”