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Monday, March 04, 2013

Man Gets 18 Months for Child's Methadone Swallowing

The cup was still in the car’s front console when Paul Kristopher Brooks Sr. went to pick up his son, a kindergartner, from school.

Brooks got out of the car to secure his son in a car booster seat. As Brooks walked to the driver’s side, his son sipped the methadone in the cup through a straw. An hour later, at their home in the 1200 block of Reece Road, Brooks’ son was dizzy, thirsty and vomiting.

On Thursday, Brooks was sentenced to 18 months in jail for exposing his young son to illegally purchased methadone. The boy nearly died.

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