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An absolutely despicable Florida grandmother is one of four people accused of giving a meth-laced sippy cup to a 1-year-old toddler and then refusing to call an ambulance, in a case that is shocking everybody involved.
According to multiple media reports on Monday, Judith Windham Addison (pictured above) is the 79-year-old grandma accused of the shocking charges. She has since been booked into Nassau County Jail in the city of Callahan, Florida on child neglect and causing serious bodily injury. And obviously, her mugshot is the talk of the town — but the specifics of the charges involved are what’s even more shocking.
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She’s not the only one booked into jail on the charges, either. Per the US Sun and the New York Postthree other people — Hayden Simmons21, Damien Windham21 and Erica Foley45 — were also arrested on the same charges and booked into jail last week, as well.
All four apparently live at the same home in Callahan, along with the 1-year-old at the center of this terrible story.
Per law enforcement, the toddler allegedly drank from a sippy-cup that was later discovered to contain a bag of meth.
WHAT?!
That’s right — there was reportedly a bag of methamphetamine inside the toddler’s sippy-cup as the child drank. But things got worse very quickly because even after realizing the toddler had done that, the four accused people did… nothing. Literally nothing. Nobody called 911, nobody took the child to the hospital, NOTHING!
The next day, the child began vomiting, and that is when its mother rushed the baby to a nearby fire station. The toddler was quickly admitted to a local hospital on treatment of a suspected overdose. Cops began to investigate from there, and per a search warrant obtained by multiple media outlets, they obtained several things at the residence including drug paraphernalia like glass pipes and containers with methamphetamine residue.
The four adults in question — including the grinning granny — were arrested and charged with the crimes a couple days later.
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In a statement to the media about the ordeal, Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper said:
“This is a heart breaking and completely preventable situation. A one-year-old child was exposed to a dangerous, illegal drug because the adults in that home failed to provide even the most basic level of care and protection. There is absolutely no excuse for methamphetamine to be within reach of a child.”
No kidding.
All four adults have been given various bond amounts on the charges. Detectives say the investigation remains ongoing, per the US Sun.
There has been no immediate update yet as to how the child is doing.
If you have sincere cause to suspect child abuse, call the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-Child or 1-800-422-4453, or go to www.childhelp.org.
If you or someone you know is experiencing substance abuse, help is available. Consider checking out the resources SAMHSA provides at https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline or check out StartYourRecovery.org.
(Image via Nassau County Sheriff’s Office)