The parents of Portland sentenced to fentanyl for toddler injury

Portland ore. (KPTV)-a couple in Portland was convicted of more than four or six years in prison on Friday after his then 3-year-old son had suffered a brain injury due to an overdose of Fentanyl, the public prosecutor of the Multnomah Co. announced on Sunday.

According to the office of DA, the plea agreements of the couple Samantha Faye Smith and Delone Dominque Kelley made it possible to get out of custody before their conviction in order to put their affairs in order. Both Kelley (32) and Smith, 29, were guilty of criminal abuse and assault third degrees.

The police said that the 3-year-old took Fentanyl in the family of the family at the Southeast Powell Court in June 2023 and suffered a non-fatal fentanyl overdose that caused severe brain injury. The young boy, who is now 5 years old, needs 24-hour medical care and, according to the Portland police, is under the guardianship of a DHS caretaker.

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Kelley and Smith were warned that their prison terms, if they did not appear for their conviction on April 4, were significantly increased, but both had not appeared.

After the couple was closed on April 28 on April 28, after the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office.

Both were guilty of making the additional charges guilty of non -compliance with the first degree.

Smith was sentenced to a total of 56 months in prison. In view of the fact that she was surrounded at some point, the office said that they asked the judge to take their prison for four months, which would have been in prison for 60 months.

Kelley was sentenced to 75 months in prison. Because he also surrounded himself, he also received a shorter prison sentence than the 80 months with which he was otherwise confronted, the office said.

“It is a tragic case everywhere. I have no doubt that these parents love this child and that he loves them. Mr. Kelley and Ms. Smith knew the consequences if he did not show up in the original conviction and made this choice. I think while the state wants to take people into account. Fall.

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