{"id":1441555,"date":"2022-04-16T11:14:57","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T15:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1441555"},"modified":"2022-04-16T11:15:07","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T15:15:07","slug":"virginia-daycare-owner-arrested-after-three-babies-exposed-to-thc-authorities-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-daycare-owner-arrested-after-three-babies-exposed-to-thc-authorities-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Daycare Owner Arrested After Three Babies Exposed to THC, Authorities Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvirginia-daycare-owner-arrested-after-three-babies-exposed-to-thc-authorities-say%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1441555&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Rebecca-Swanner-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A 60-year-old daycare owner in Virginia has been arrested after authorities say three one-year-old babies who attended her daycare were exposed to THC, the \u201cmain psychoactive compound in cannabis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The owner, Rebecca Swanner, 60, self-surrendered on April 14 and faces three counts of cruelty and injury to children, Major Shawn Kimmitz of the Stafford County Sheriff\u2019s Office (SCSO) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.staffordsheriff.com\/news\/1942\/Day-Care-Owner-Arrested\">said<\/a> in a press release. The magistrate released her on an unsecured $2,000 bond.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StaffordCountySheriff\/posts\/7740613959297014\" data-width=\"640\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/110250582333428\/posts\/7740613959297014\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>Day Care Owner ChargedOn March 2nd Deputy A.J. Deasy responded to Stafford Hospital Center for several toddlers with\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/110250582333428\">Office of Stafford County Sheriff<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/110250582333428\/posts\/7740613959297014\/\">Friday, April 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Deputy A.J. Deasy of the SCSO was called to the Stafford Hospital Center on March 2 regarding the babies\u2019 THC exposure,\u00a0 Kimmitz said. The children\u2019s parents had rushed them to the emergency room after noticing \u201clethargic and uncoordinated behavior as well as glassy, bloodshot eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After observing the symptoms, medical staff ordered testing, which revealed the one-year-olds were exposed to THC, Kimmitz wrote. \u201cThe connection between the three families was a licensed home day care provider in Windsor Forest subdivision,\u201d the release stated.<\/p>\n<p>While conducting a search of the daycare facility, Detective A. Sanchez recovered goldfish-shaped crackers near the children\u2019s high chairs, the release said. Subsequent testing showed the presence of THC in the crackers, according to the SCSO.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Authorities alerted Child Protective Services to the matter, and the agency became involved in the case, Kimmitz noted. Swanner voluntarily forfeited the daycare\u2019s license.<\/p>\n<p>Children\u2019s Hospital Colorado <a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrenscolorado.org\/conditions-and-advice\/conditions-and-symptoms\/conditions\/acute-marijuana-intoxication\/\">notes<\/a> that the most common instances of THC \u201coverdose incidents\u201d in children result from their exposure to the drug in \u201cedible\u201d form.<\/p>\n<p>The hospital reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In these instances, kids mistake \u201cedible\u201d marijuana (like gummy bears, brownies, lollipops, etc.) for regular food and eat it unknowingly. Small children are at higher risk based on their size and weight. Because edible products have very high amounts of marijuana, the symptoms are more severe on a small child. Many young children who consume marijuana edibles require hospital admission due to the severity of their symptoms.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It is unclear if authorities believe the March 2 exposure was deliberate or accidental. Breitbart News reached out to the SCSO, but Kimmitz did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2022\/01\/12\/man-arrested-after-pot-brownies-allegedly-brought-community-center\/\">reported<\/a> that a South Dakota school teacher was arrested as authorities alleged his mother unknowingly brought his pot-infused brownies to a community center card game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 60-year-old daycare owner in Virginia has been arrested after authorities say three one-year-old babies who attended her daycare were exposed to THC, the \u201cmain psychoactive compound in cannabis.\u201d The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1441555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1441555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1441555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1441555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1441555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}