TIGARD, Ore. — A woman is facing multiple charges, including child neglect, after her 10-month-old granddaughter tested positive for fentanyl, according to Tigard police.
On Friday at 10:35 p.m., an officer who was patrolling the Tigard Plaza Shopping Center saw an unlicensed Jeep parked with the engine on. The driver appeared to be "passed out behind the wheel, and drug paraphernalia was out in plain view," Tigard police said. An officer also saw a baby in the back seat.
The officer woke the driver, identified as 53-year-old Julia Apostello, and arrested her. Police learned Apostello is the baby's grandmother. Police found a "powdered substance" in the Jeep, which tested to be fentanyl, Tigard police said.
Officers contacted the baby's mother, who was inside a nearby store with her 4-year-old child. She told officers she had been gone for about half an hour.
The 10-month-old baby was taken to the hospital over concerns of potentially being exposed to drugs. The baby tested positive for fentanyl and was treated at the hospital, according to Tigard police.
Apostello was taken to the Washington County Jail. She faces multiple charges, including child neglect and endangering the welfare of a minor.
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