A woman in Selbyville, Delaware was arrested this week after her four-year old daughter brought 249 bags of heroin to daycare, falsely believing the packages contained candy instead of drugs.
She even passed them out to classmates.
Master Cpl. Gary E. Fournier told The News Journal last night that, fortunately, “none of the packets were opened by any of the kids,” though several students were checked out at area hospitals as a precaution.
Ashley R. Tull was not charged for possession of the 3.735 grams of heroin, nor if she a suspected dealer.
But the 30-year old was charged Monday with maintaining a drug property and three counts of child endangering. She is now free on $6,000 secured bail.
Authorities and medical personnel were called at 11:45 a.m. yesterday to the Hickory Tree Child Care Center after employees there noticed kids with small bags of white powder, Fournier explained.
Staff members took the bags away from their young charges and tests at the Selbyville Police Station confirmed the contents as heroin.
The three endangerment charges against Tull stem from the 4-year-old and two other children – a 9-year-old boy and 11-year-old girl – who live in the home.
All three minors were placed with a relative and Tull was ordered to have no contact with them, Fournier said.