Sheriff: Infant exposed to fentanyl, 2 arrested in Rowan County

ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. ( QUEEN CITY NEWS ) — An infant was rushed to the hospital after being exposed to fentanyl, according to the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies responded to calls regarding the incident around 2:58 p.m. Saturday at a home along Sides Road. An 11-month-old infant was found unconscious and not breathing, and was transported to an area medical center after Narcan was administered at the scene.

Following an initial investigation deputies said that the mother, Jamie Robertson, retrieved a baby bottle from the father’s vehicle. She, her daughter, and James Danielson then fell asleep until Robertson awoke to the baby gasping for air and struggling to breathe.

Both Robertson and Danielson later admitted to investigators that they had injected fentanyl while in bed with the baby before falling asleep. Unsanitary conditions, along with various items of drug paraphernalia, drug residue, and uncapped syringes were found at the home.

Danielson and Robertson have both been charged with felony neglect child abuse-serious bodily injury, and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.

Both have been placed in the Rowan County Detention Center under a $100,000 secured bond.

The infant has been released from the hospital and is expected to make a full recovery.

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