From a bag one student brought from home and shared with the others, seven elementary school students in Virginia ingested gummy bears laced with fentanyl. As a result, two persons were placed under arrest.
10-Year-Old Hayden Floyd, out of seven students, was hospitalized.Clifford Dugan, 50, and Nicole Sanders, 26, are accused of abusing a child and encouraging delinquency, according to the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office. On Tuesday, a number of fourth-graders at Central Elementary School needed medical attention because of something they ate at lunch.
Throughout the investigation, it was found that these students had eaten gummy bears. According to a statement issued by the police, the SRO who was present during the incident saw residue in the baggie that held the candy.
One of the seven children reportedly carried the bag of gummies to school during lunch and gave them to his classmates, according to WSLS.
Lt. Dallas Hill, a spokesman for the sheriff’s office, informed CNN that two of the five kids who were taken to the hospital in an ambulance.
According to him, each of them had symptoms such as headaches, nausea, vomiting, and spasms in their muscles.
The 50-year-old man was charged with “delinquency and child abuse.”
Nicole Sanders, 26, is accused of both possessing Schedule I or Schedule II narcotics and “delinquency, abuse of a child.”A field test kit on the bag produced a positive result for fentanyl, according to officials, and the sample will be sent to a DEA lab for additional examination.
After the investigation, police carried out a search request at a home on Pendleton Drive in Amherst County, where they found Dugan and Sanders.
Dugan is accused of having a handgun in his possession following a previous conviction, while Sanders was also charged with possessing Schedule I or Schedule II narcotics.
Superintendent of Schools William Wells reported late on Tuesday that the affected students were released from a hospital.
In a letter to families, the school district states that it has “confirmed that the bag was brought from home by a student.” We will work with the Sheriff’s Office while they carry out their investigation.
Wells said, “This is not a school matter,” at the press conference. The fentanyl was found in someone’s house. I ask that our parents take accountability. It exists here and is real.
In a WSET interview, ten-year-old Hayden stated that the gummy bears “tasted weird.” And then it was tasty. It had a really good aftertaste.
Parents were urged to be vigilant by Kristina Wright and her sonHowever, things became much worse after lunch.
Hayden said, “We felt nauseous, sick in our stomachs, hot,” in a Facebook interview with the publication that received approval from his mother.
“I was really scared when I was in the ambulance,”
he admitted.
“I was shaking so much that they could hardly put my clothes on.”
