糊塗爸媽因讓幼童吸毒被起訴

Mom and Dad Charged for Allegedly Giving Their Children Heroin, Calling It 'Feel Good Medicine'

糊塗爸媽因讓幼童吸毒被起訴

Two Washington State parents have been arrested for allegedly giving their kids heroin, according to reports.

據報道，一對居住在華盛頓的夫婦因給孩子吸毒被捕。

Ashlee Hutt, 24, and Leroy Mclver, 25, have both been charged with three counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance to a minor, second-degree criminal mistreatment and second-degree child assault, according to records.

犯罪記錄顯示，24歲的Ashlee Hutt和25歲的Leroy Mclver被指控3項罪名：非法給幼童使用限制藥品、二級虐待罪和二級騷擾兒童罪。

The mom and dad were reportedly found living with their kids — ages 6, 4, and 2 — in a house filled with heroin, drug needles, and rat dropPings.

據報道，這對夫婦帶着3個孩子（分別是6歲、4歲和2歲）一起生活。他們的房子裏滿是海洛因、注射毒品的針管和老鼠屎。

According to a police report, someone in the home contacted Child Protective Services (CPS), claiming they saw Hutt inject her children with the drug — which the parents allegedly called "feel good medicine."

警方稱，他們家有人給兒童保護協會打電話，說看到Hutt給她的孩子注射毒品（他們夫婦把毒品叫做“讓人嗨的藥。”）

"Some of the statements [the children] made were very disturbing about how they would get sleeping juice to go to sleep and it was injected into them by needle," Pierce County Sheriff's Department spokesman Detective Ed Troyer told KIRO7.

“孩子們有些陳述讓人相當擔憂。他們經常被父母注射毒品，父母還騙他們，說這是催眠果汁，”Pierce郡治安部門發言人Ed Troyer探長告訴媒體。

CPS reportedly began their investigation in May 2015 over a span of several months, and suspected that the parents gave heroin to all three children.

兒童保護協會稱他們在2015年5月起，展開了數月的調查，懷疑這對夫妻給他們3個孩子都用過海洛因。

A probable cause affidavit states that the 6-year-old told CPS investigators, "his mom and dad give him and his sisters the 'feel good medicine,'" which "he described as a white powder which was mixed with water," and that his parents "used a needle to inject the 'feel good medicine' into him and his sisters."

因爲他們6歲的兒子曾這麼跟調查員描述過，“他父母每天都給他和妹妹們‘讓人嗨的藥’，還用針管注射到他們身體裏。”

Testing showed traces of heroin in two of the children, but in at least one case the level was below the threshold to confirm the drug was in the child's body, according to KIRO7.

檢測結果顯示，其中兩個孩子體內有用過海洛因的痕跡；但有一例測試則顯示有個孩子體內無法確認含有海洛因。

Puncture marks and bruising consistent with needle injections were also reportedly found on the children.

孩子們的身上也有發現針孔和注射後的淤青。

Police said both parents admitted to being heroin users.

警方稱這對夫妻承認自己一直吸毒。

Hutt and McIver's children were taken away in November 2015.

孩子們在2015年11月，被相關部門從Hutt和McIver身邊帶走。

"They're in foster homes and they're doing well," said Troyer.

“他們現在在寄養家庭過得挺好，”Troyer說。

Both parents have pleaded not guilty.

但他們的父母目前仍不認罪。

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