| Father faces drug charges after baby dies of morphine overdose
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. A man who was cleared of murder charges in the morphine overdose death of his baby now faces federal drug charges. An Otsego County jury acquitted 21-year-old Corbin Douglas Senior of murder 13 months ago in the death of his 14-month-old son. Prosecutors maintained Douglas killed his son by putting morphine in his bottle to make him sleep. A pathologist testified there was a fatal level of morphine in the baby's blood. But jurors said they couldn't be sure Douglas was the one who gave the drug to the baby. Now, a federal prosecutor will have the opportunity to try Douglas on a 10-count indictment alleging he distributed morphine, heroin, cocaine, and other drugs. The federal indictment was unsealed Tuesday. Douglas, currently in jail on an unrelated drunk driving charge, pleaded innocent to the federal drug charges.
Plea deal offered in shaken-baby case
Veronica Martinez Salcedo, accused of shaking a 15-month-old child to death while baby-sitting, has been offered a plea bargain that would send her to state prison for 11 years, the prosecutor said Thursday. If Martinez Salcedo, 36, does not accept the deal and is convicted on a charge of assaulting a child causing death, she would face a sentence of 25 years to life, said Karin Bjork, Placer County deputy district attorney. The plea bargain would subject her to a single count of voluntary manslaughter, Bjork said. .
Mom allegedly leaves kids in car to tan
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - Sheboygan police arrested a woman after she allegedly left her two children in a freezing car for 20 minutes while she went tanning. Officers responding to the scene Wednesday evening were approached by the childrens parents. The father met the mother at the tanning salon and was arguing with her about why the children were in the car, police said. The temperature at the time was 12 degrees, with a wind chill index of about minus 2 degrees. "She said she was going on vacation and felt that the tanning was a priority," Lt. Jeff Johnston said Friday. Information from: The Sheboygan Press, http://www.sheboygan-press.com © 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Send To A Friend .
Bundle of misery
Angela Mumbi* has the perfect life. She has a good job, is happily married and her family is comfortable. To crown it all, she delivered a beautiful baby boy last year, making her husband immensely proud. But soon after delivery, Angela underwent a strange emotional change. Once her husband would leave after his daily visits to the maternity ward, Angela would burst out crying for no apparent reason. "My son was adorable but I was in low spirits. To make matters worse, I experienced pain while breastfeeding, whose cause the doctor could not establish, and I hated taking instructions from nurses in the ward," narrates Angela. The depression persisted after she was discharged and her babys insistent crying drove her up the wall. Angelas husband tried to understand although he would sometimes get impatient with her because he failed to see what was ailing her.
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