SELBYVILLE, Del. (AP) – A 4-year-old girl mistakenly took hundreds of packets of heroin to her day care center and began passing it out to classmates, thinking it was candy, Delaware State Police said Tuesday.
Several children who received the packets Monday morning went to the hospital as a precaution, police said, but none was opened and all of the kids were released after being examined.
Police say the child unknowingly brought the heroin to the center when her mother gave her a different backpack because the girl’s regular backpack had been ruined by the family pet. Police say the backpack contained nearly 250 packets of heroin, totaling nearly 4 grams, all labeled “Slam.”
The girl’s mother, Ashley Tull, 30, of Selbyville, was charged with three counts of child endangerment and maintaining a drug property. She was arraigned Monday in Justice of the Peace Court and released on $6,000 bond.
In a phone interview Tuesday, a woman who identified herself as Tull’s sister, Alicia Tull, said Ashley Tull would not comment. But Alicia Tull said the charges and the subsequent media attention are unfair.