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Police: Mother Arrested After Overdosing With Child In Vehicle

Posted at 5:04 AM, Jan 07, 2019
and last updated 2019-01-07 07:51:43-05

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18)– A Menifee County woman is facing charges after police say they found her passed out from a drug overdose with her child in the car.

Police arrested 34-year-old Stephanie Little around 9 p.m. Friday on Augusta Court near the interstate.

According to an arrest citation, Little was found unresponsive in her vehicle due to a heroin overdose while her son was in the passenger seat.

We’re told she ran her vehicle into a curb, narrowly missing a light pole, as well as an apartment complex.

She’s charged with endangering the welfare of a minor and DUI.