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\nA Paducah couple was charged after four children tested positive for illegal drugs.<\/p>\n
\nA Paducah couple was charged after four children tested positive for illegal drugs.<\/p>\n
Chrishell Burns, 27, was charged with three counts of second-degree criminal abuse (child 12 or under) and two counts of first-degree possession of a controlled substance (cocaine and methamphetamine).<\/p>\n
Jakyron Burnside, 27, was charged with three counts of second-degree criminal abuse (child 12 or under) and two counts of first-degree possession of a controlled substance (cocaine\/second offense and methamphetamine) and on a charge of trafficking in a controlled substance (carfentanil or fentanyl derivatives).<\/p>\n
According to police, the couple took their 2-year-old child to the emergency room on March 19. The child was lethargic, in and out of consciousness and having trouble breathing.<\/p>\n
Police say the child regained consciousness after Narcan was administered. The child was then flown to an out-of-state hospital for further treatment.<\/p>\n
According to police, the child initially tested positive for cocaine, but more toxicology tests revealed the presence of meth, oxycodone, marijuana and fentanyl.<\/p>\n
During an interview at the hospital the following day, Burns and Burnside denied using illegal drugs. They told police the child must have gotten into something during a visit to an area park an hour before they took her to the hospital.<\/p>\n
However, detectives found evidence that showed the couple and child left for the hospital directly from their home.<\/p>\n
While searching their home, officers found 2.5 grams of cocaine in a plastic baggie, a container that field-tested positive for meth and a small amount of marijuana in the kitchen.<\/p>\n
During the investigation, police say the couple\u2019s three other children were tested for illegal drugs.<\/p>\n
Results showed a 3 year old tested positive for cocaine and marijuana and a 2 month old tested positive for cocaine, marijuana and fentanyl.<\/p>\n
Police say results on the fourth child are pending.<\/p>\n
Burns turned herself in at the McCracken County Regional Jail on Friday and was arrested on three warrants. She was booked into the jail.<\/p>\n
According to police, drug detectives found Burnside when they bought a quantity of fentanyl tablets from him at a home on Clinton Road.<\/p>\n
Detectives served a search warrant at the home on Wednesday afternoon, with help from the McCracken County Sheriff\u2019s Department Drug Unit.<\/p>\n
Police say Burnside was at the home and was arrested on three outstanding warrants, as well as a drug trafficking charge.<\/p>\n
Burnside was also served warrants from Graves County charging him with two counts of probation violation and from McCracken County charging him with failing to appear in court.<\/p>\n
According to police, all four children were removed from the home by social service representatives.<\/p>\n
The investigation is ongoing and police say more charges are likely.
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