The Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney’s Office said that a mother in Maryland was given 10 years in jail for the death of her 2-year-old daughter, who had taken fentanyl.
It was agreed that Tiffany Lynee Carr, 35, was guilty of first-degree child abuse in the death of her daughter Nevaeh. Carr was also told that after she got out of jail, she had to go through five years of supervised probation and get help for her drug abuse and mental health problems.
That this was a tragedy is not enough to describe it, said Anne Colt Leitess, the state’s attorney for Anne Arundel County. “Unfortunately, no one was in court today to speak for this child because she could only rely on her mother.” This defendant’s actions were careless, unacceptable, and showed she had no concern for her toddler’s safety at all. This defendant did a terrible job with this child and will have to deal with the results.
The police say the child tested positive for fentanyl.
On August 17, 2024, police were called to a home in the 8000 block of Winding Road in Glen Burnie. They found a child sleeping on a futon with their face down.
Police found a homemade smoking device made of cylinder-shaped glass on an end table next to the child. The child was taken to the hospital, but was declared dead there.
Investigators say the girl took fentanyl at some point on August 17. According to cops, the autopsy showed that she died from being too high on fentanyl.
Carr told the cops she was hooked on drugs and had used heroin at home that morning. A few hours later, she smoked crack cocaine. Police say Carr told them she had been sleeping during the day and that when she woke up, the child wasn’t responding.
Police say that the child tested positive for fentanyl.
Carr was previously charged with drug possession
Carr was charged with having crack cocaine five months before her daughter died. The charge was made during a traffic stop near Elvaton Drive and Starwood Court in Glen Burnie.
She told the police she was guilty. A judge gave the person a one-year jail sentence that was suspended for nine days and two years of probation with supervision.
