Benjamin Benchley & Vag's Drugs Stopped His 4YO Son's Heart 2 Times

[Sugar Cookie]

Benjamin Benchley, 26, pleaded guilty to three felony charges, including child neglect that led to his 4-year-old son ingesting fentanyl that stopped his heart twice.

The plea deal is contingent on Benchley’s acceptance into Recovery Court and his testifying against co-defendant Chelsea Ross, 32, of Coleman, if needed.

Benchley confessed to Midland County Circuit Court Judge Michael Beale that he possessed methamphetamine and was a felon who possessed a stolen weapon. Benchley admitted he didn’t buy or register the weapon.

Benchley also admitted he put his child at risk, leading him to being exposed to a hazardous narcotic.

Ross is charged with possession of methamphetamine; second-degree child abuse; possession of narcotic/cocaine; and tampering with evidence in connection with the April 3 incident. The child, who is not hers, ingested fentanyl that she had allegedly mixed with liquid in a sports drink bottle.

The boy's heart stopped twice after he ingested the narcotic. Paramedics reportedly used Narcan both times to resuscitate him. The boy has since regained his health.

Client Challenge

SENTENCING:

Benjamin Benchley was given 2 years of probation effective 12/23/2025

Chelsea Ross' case is ongoing.

 

[thuumpr]

Benjamin Benchley was given 2 years of probation effective 12/23/2025

Let's see if I get this straight... Obviously guilty... No consequences.

 

[Danaf]

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Client Challenge

SENTENCING:

Benjamin Benchley was given 2 years of probation effective 12/23/2025

Chelsea Ross' case is ongoing.

Probation! Are you fucking kidding me!!

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A Midland County woman will spend at least two and a half more years behind bars for contributing to a 3-year-old boy's near-fatal overdose more than a year ago.

Court records show 32-year-old Chelsea Ross was sentenced to spend three to seven years in prison after she pleaded guilty to second-degree child abuse, possession of methamphetamine and tampering with evidence.

She received credit for 160 days already served in jail, which will be deducted from her prison sentence. Ross also received her second habitual offender notice as part of the case.

Ross and 33-year-old Benjamin Benchley were caring for the 3-year-old at a residence in Midland County's Geneva Township in April 2025, when the boy ingested a significant quantity of drugs.

Authorities found the 3-year-old boy in cardiac arrest with CPR in progress when they arrived. The boy was rushed to the hospital, where life-saving efforts continued.

Doctors and nurses revived the child, and he survived the incident.

Midland County woman sent to prison for 3-year-old's overdose

A Midland County judge sentenced 32-year-old Chelsea Ross to spend at least 36 months in prison after a 3-year-old boy suffered a drug overdose under her care last year.

www.abc12.com

A grandmother minced no words Thursday when telling Chelsea Ross how she felt about her for nearly killing her 3-year-old grandson. Ross was then sentenced to three to 15 years in prison.

“While (the child) was being resuscitated, she was hiding drugs in the house,” said the boy’s grandmother, Jan Wallace, of the April 2, 2025, incident.

The grandmother said Ross was supposed to nurture and protect the boy, who had lost his own mother in a car wreck. Wallace said instead she left fentanyl in a Gatorade bottle that the child drank from.

Wallace noted that Ross wrote her a letter asking for forgiveness. She said Ross wrote that if Wallace didn’t forgive her, that meant Wallace didn’t believe in God.

The child’s father, Benjamin Benchley, 26, was also convicted in connection with the event. He was sentenced on Dec. 23 to two years’ Recovery Court probation in connection with third-degree child neglect that led to his son’s heart stopping.

He was also sentenced to 77 days of jail time, which he has already served. He pleaded guilty on Oct. 6 to child neglect, possession of methamphetamine, and receiving and concealing weapons, stemming from the Coleman incident.

Benchley accepted a plea deal that included Recovery Court, and he agreed to testify against Ross if needed.

Wallace, who is Benchley’s mother, said he has been sober since the day his son was revived twice.

Assistant Midland County Prosecutor Courtney Driscoll said Ross, who had returned from a methadone clinic earlier that day, was nonresponsive and uncooperative while on the phone with 911, which was trying to assist Benchley in providing life-saving measures.

Meanwhile, while all this was happening, the boy’s 5-year-old sister was wandering around alone in the neighborhood.

“Why was there fentanyl in a Gatorade bottle?” Wallace asked. "I think prison is the only place where she can figure it out.”

Client Challenge

Grandma your son has a higher duty to care for his child then the pussy he is pumping.

Your son should be sitting in his own cell to figure out why he is a shitty ass father.

 

[cubby]

He got the probation because he turned on her. They both should have been charged with attempted murder and sent away forever.