Cherokee Village, Arkansas · Tuesday, March 16, 2010
[Masthead] Overcast ~ 46°F  
Print Email link Respond to editor Read comments (2) Share link

Mother charged in infant overdose

Thursday, May 28, 2009
Tammy Curtis, Staff Writer
(Photo)
Crystal Williams

The recent overdose of a Sharp County infant has led to the arrest of 22-year-old Crystal Williams of Cherokee Village on three felony counts.

On May 4, Sharp County Detective Mark Counts was contacted by Fulton County Police Chief Albert Roork about an infant who had been brought to the Fulton County Hospital as a result of a morphine overdose. Because the parent lived in Sharp County, Counts began the investigation into the incident.

As a result of the investigation, Williams was arrested May 20 by Sharp County Detectives Mark Counts and Ken Guidry on three felony warrants from Truman District Court.

Williams is charged with introduction of a controlled substance into the body of another, a class Y felony, endangering the welfare of a minor, a class D felony and possession of a controlled substance (morphine), a class C felony.

The mother had given the child morphine orally while in Trumann on May 3 and then travelled back to Cherokee Village. The next morning she took the 5-week-old infant to the Fulton County Hospital in Salem for treatment. The child was then transferred to Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock where the baby was administered Narcan to reverse the effects of the narcotic.

The infant was released from Children's on May 7 to Arkansas Department of Human Services custody.

Williams is being held in the Poinsett County jail in lieu of $250,000 cash bond.

© Copyright 2009 Villager Journal

Comments
Note: The nature of the Internet makes it impractical for our staff to review every comment. If you feel that a comment is offensive, please Login or Create an account first, and then you will be able to flag a comment as objectionable. Please also note that those who post comments on villageronline.com may do so using a screen name, which may or may not reflect a website user's actual name. Readers should be careful not to assign comments to real people who may have names similar to screen names. Refrain from obscenity in your comments, and to keep discussions civil, don't say anything in a way your grandmother would be ashamed to read.

I dont undresand why mothers that can have babys dont want them ! i really dont know what she would say why she did it . There isnt any reson to do that . I have 4 step kids and i love them as my own and i wouldnt do anything to them that would hurt them . I hope she dont get the baby back . And what well the baby say when it grows up .

-- Posted by happylambmom on Sat, May 30, 2009, at 4:33 PM

That's awful--her poor baby. Crystal needs to get herself clean. Doesn't sound like she needs to be a parent anytime soon.

-- Posted by conventional1 on Wed, Jun 3, 2009, at 3:12 PM

Respond to this story

Posting a comment requires free registration. If you already have an account on this site, enter your username and password below. Otherwise, click here to register.

Username:

Password:  (Forgot your password?)

Your comments:
Please be respectful of others and try to stay on topic.