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Ohio and City of East Liverpool shock with this Facebook post of Rhonda Pasek and James Acord overdosed on heroin
OHIO police have released jaw-dropping photos of an adult couple who apparently overdosed on heroin in the front seat of a vehicle as a 4-year-old boy sat in back.
The New York Post reports that East Liverpool police officials say they were going for “shock” value when they posted the pictures to the department’s Facebook page.
“We feel it necessary to show the other side of this horrible drug,” the post said. “We feel we need to be a voice for the children caught up in this horrible mess. This child can’t speak for himself but we are hopeful this story can convince another user to think twice about injecting this poison while having a child in their custody.”
On Wednesday, a police officer pulled over an SUV with West Virginia plates after the driver, later identified as James Acord, started swerving and then slammed on the brakes to avoid barrelling into a school bus that was dropping off kids, cops said. The SUV came to a screeching halt in the middle of the street.
When the officer approached the SUV, he couldn’t believe his eyes.
Acord was nodding out while struggling to tell the cop that he was driving his front-seat passenger, identified as Rhonda Pasek, to the hospital. Pasek had fallen unconscious.
Acord then tried to drive away, but the officer reached inside the SUV, turned off the engine and removed the keys. Minutes later, Acord passed out, too.
The officer then spotted the four-year-old boy in the back seat. The child was later identified as Pasek’s son.
Emergency Medical Service workers responded to the scene and administered Narcan, a drug used to reverse the effects of a heroin overdose. Acord and Pasek eventually regained consciousness and were rushed to the hospital, where they were listed as being in a stable condition.
Acord was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, endangering children, and slowing or stopping in a roadway.
Pasek was charged with endangering children, public intoxication, and not wearing a seat belt.
Columbiana County Children’s Services took custody of Pasek’s child.
Source: http://nypost.com/2016/09/09/this-is-what-parenting-on-heroin-looks-like/
OHIO police have released jaw-dropping photos of an adult couple who apparently overdosed on heroin in the front seat of a vehicle as a 4-year-old boy sat in back.
The New York Post reports that East Liverpool police officials say they were going for “shock” value when they posted the pictures to the department’s Facebook page.
“We feel it necessary to show the other side of this horrible drug,” the post said. “We feel we need to be a voice for the children caught up in this horrible mess. This child can’t speak for himself but we are hopeful this story can convince another user to think twice about injecting this poison while having a child in their custody.”
On Wednesday, a police officer pulled over an SUV with West Virginia plates after the driver, later identified as James Acord, started swerving and then slammed on the brakes to avoid barrelling into a school bus that was dropping off kids, cops said. The SUV came to a screeching halt in the middle of the street.
When the officer approached the SUV, he couldn’t believe his eyes.
Acord was nodding out while struggling to tell the cop that he was driving his front-seat passenger, identified as Rhonda Pasek, to the hospital. Pasek had fallen unconscious.
Acord then tried to drive away, but the officer reached inside the SUV, turned off the engine and removed the keys. Minutes later, Acord passed out, too.
The officer then spotted the four-year-old boy in the back seat. The child was later identified as Pasek’s son.
Emergency Medical Service workers responded to the scene and administered Narcan, a drug used to reverse the effects of a heroin overdose. Acord and Pasek eventually regained consciousness and were rushed to the hospital, where they were listed as being in a stable condition.
Acord was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, endangering children, and slowing or stopping in a roadway.
Pasek was charged with endangering children, public intoxication, and not wearing a seat belt.
Columbiana County Children’s Services took custody of Pasek’s child.
Source: http://nypost.com/2016/09/09/this-is-what-parenting-on-heroin-looks-like/