Irvine woman arrested on suspicion of child abuse after toddler son hospitalized for fentanyl exposure
Jacqueline Hunter pleaded not guilty at her arraignment Wednesday in Santa Ana. She was scheduled to return to court Jan. 20 for a pretrial hearing in the Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach.
Hunter was charged Wednesday with a felony count of child abuse and endangerment with a sentencing enhancement for causing great bodily injury on a child younger than 5, as well as two misdemeanor counts of possession of a controlled substance. The toddler, who had been brought home following a doctor's appointment for a broken leg on Monday, stopped breathing, according to the Orange County District Attorney's Office. His father performed CPR on his son until paramedics arrived and rushed the victim to the Children's Hospital of Orange County, where he tested positive for fentanyl, according to prosecutors.
When police served a search warrant on the victim's residence, they found a baggie of fentanyl and Xanax pills, prosecutors said. Hunter's husband was unaware of the drugs, prosecutors said.
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