A couple in North Carolina has been charged with negligent child abuse after narcotics were found in the system of a 2-year-old boy at the home.
The McDowell County Sheriff’s Office responded to the home on Jan. 4 when the boy went into cardiac arrest, the department said in a news release Friday.
The boy and his mother, 23-year-old Anna Mariah Mills, were taken to the hospital. The boy’s condition was not reported. Fox News Digital contacted the sheriff’s office.
While at the house, a 24-year-old man identified as Kaali Ahmad Tobe allegedly assaulted an officer while the officers were talking to him and then tried to run. He appeared to be under the influence of something, the department said.
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Kaali Tobe and Anna Mariah Mills were charged with felony negligent child abuse. Tobe also faces other charges, including assault on a government official. (McDowell County Sheriff’s Office)
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He was arrested and also experienced a medical emergency when he was taken to the magistrate’s office. He allegedly also assaulted the same officer a second time as the officers were trying to help him, the department said.
Tobe was charged with Assault on a Government Official, Resisting a Public Official, Felony Assault by Strangulation, Felony Possession with Intent to Manufacture, Sell or Deliver a Schedule II Controlled Substance, Felony Maintaining a Home for Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Felony Child Abuse Negligent: Serious Bodily Injury, Child Abuse, and Felony Attempt to Escape County Confinement.
Mills was charged with Felony Negligent Child Abuse: Serious Bodily Injury and Child Abuse.
Bonds were issued for $130,000 and $75,000, respectively.
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The department did not specify if Tobe and Mills are the parents of the boy.
