UPDATE: August 9, 2024 at 12:42 p.m.
A Lexington woman has been charged following the fentanyl overdose of her infant daughter.
26-year-old Diamond Smith “wantonly permitted” the abuse of her daughter, placing her in a “situation that did cause serious physical injury,” her arrest citation states.
Smith is currently facing one charge of second-degree criminal abuse of a child 12 or under. The citation states that the June 23 overdose has left the victim hospitalized and on life support.
According to the citation, medical staff at the University of Kentucky Medical Center do not believe the victim will recover once or if the ventilator is removed.
The victim’s father, 30-year-old Terry Alexander, was arrested on June 29 for the same charge.
Original Story:
A 30-year-old man was recently arrested on a charge of criminal abuse after a citation detailed that he allegedly abused a child 12 or under and that the child is currently on life support after a "fentanyl overdose."
The citation read that Terry J. Alexander was arrested by the Lexington Police Department and charged with "second degree criminal abuse-child 12 or under," after he allegedly abuse a child while she was in his care.
Further, the citation noted that the child "received physical injury due to a fentanyl overdose at the suspects residence." The child is currently on life support at a local hospital, the citation reported.
