Sarasota County

Florida Baby DEAD FROM FENTANYL O. D.
Manslaughter

A Florida couple has been charged with manslaughter after a family friend found their 8-month-old daughter dead from a fentanyl overdose earlier this month. Investigators say that Nicholas Alexander put the baby in a playpen to sleep around midnight on May 31, WFLA reported. The little girl’s mother, Carissa Alexander, told detectives the girl was …

toddler overdose
child neglect
June 4, 2021

Toddler overdoses on cocaine; mom says he put something in his mouth while on a walk

A Florida couple has been charged with child neglect after their 21-month-old child overdosed on cocaine. The incident took place in January, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies were called to a home in Venice to assist medical personnel who were called about an unconscious child who was not breathing. Kaitlyn Van Dorn, 33, …