"There is a great possibility that the baby could have been exposed to methamphetamine, which for a 5-day-old could be fatal," BCSO wrote.
FOUNTAIN — Two Bay County parents have been arrested after authorities allegedly found a baggie with methamphetamine residue close enough to their 5-day-old’s bottle and formula they feared the infant could ingest the narcotic and die, according to official reports.
Jeana Marie Campbell, 39, and Paul Minton Wynn, 40, appeared in court Friday in the case. The Bay County Sheriff's Office arrested the couple after arriving at their 12299 Nonawood Road home in Fountain to reportedly find their 5-day-old baby inside, within arm's reach of narcotics, and the couple outside.
Campbell and Wynn are both being held at the Bay County Jail on bonds of $15,000, court records stated. They have been court ordered to not have contact with the infant.
According to BCSO reports, officers were serving a search warrant when they found the infant sleeping in the master bedroom of the residence where methamphetamine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia were located by the baby's bottles and formula.
"It should be noted that methamphetamine is a narcotic that can be transferred transdermally," officers wrote. "Since it was next to items that would go in the baby's mouth, there is a great possibility that the baby could have been exposed to methamphetamine, which for a 5-day-old could be fatal."
The residence did not have running water or electrical power. A generator at the creek behind the residence was being used to pump water to the home to wash dishes, clothes and for drinking, BCSO reported.
Investigators also discovered a small plastic swimming pool in the back yard. Dirty dishes and baby bottles were soaking in the stagnant, dirty water. There was no bottled or sanitary water within the residence. The infant was being fed bottles with formula, which investigators believe was being mixed with the creek water.
The baby was sheltered by the Department of Children and Families (DCF). Both parents were taken into custody on charges of possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, keeping a public nuisance structure for drug activity and child abuse.