Sentenced: St. Louis Man Exposed An 8MO Boy To Fentanyl Leaving Child Brain Damage

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A St. Louis man has been accused of exposing an 8-month old baby boy to fentanyl in July, causing the child to suffer brain damage, according to felony charges filed Monday.

Portis Williams, 23, faces charges of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and resisting arrest. He was still at large as of Monday afternoon, said St. Louis County police.

The charges allege that on July 10, Williams exposed the 8-month-old boy to fentanyl, causing cardiac arrest and brain damage.

The infant had to be revived with Narcan and remains at a local hospital receiving life-saving treatment almost three months later.

Police were first alerted at about 8 p.m. July 10 when they noticed a car speeding off from the emergency room at Christian Northeast Hospital. The vehicle dropped the boy off then sped away. Charges allege police attempted to stop Williams in connection with the investigation, but he drove around the officers and sped away.

St. Louis man wanted for exposing baby boy to fentanyl, leaving him with brain damage

Police said the 8-month-old baby was left at Christian Hospital Northeast and officers tried to stop Portis Williams, of St. Louis, to ask questions but he drove around officers and

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Aaron Laxton, a therapist at Assisted Recovery Centers of America, has seen cases like these before.

"What most likely happened is the child, maybe through the course of being on the floor, maybe found something, put it in his mouth and now we’re having transfer of fentanyl into the child’s bloodstream which could create an overdose situation," Laxton said.

He said this is a cautionary tale to parents who are also active drug users.

"Make sure your equipment is up out of sight, make sure it’s put away. Obviously, in a perfect world, nobody would be using but until we get to that spot, use smarter," he said.

Laxton also urges caution before you write off this father as a 'dreg of society.'

"The Dad did a lot of right things, the Dad drove the child to the hospital. Undoubtedly, that father is going through a lot of emotions himself," Laxton advises.

His argument: instead of focusing on a punishment for Williams, we need to find a way to get people like Williams into treatment so they can't harm themselves or the ones they love.

"So there’s a lot that’s unknown right? So first I think we need to pump the breaks on the situation," he said.

Wanted: Man charged with exposing baby to fentanyl in St. Louis County

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The piece of shit needs to be punished for hurting and for altering the life of an innocent baby.

If he gets help while serving his time that is good for him but what help can fix this baby.

 

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Aaron Laxton is an enabler.

 

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Junkies are such careless dinks

 

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Offender Name​

Portis Williams

Active Offenses​	ENDANGER THE WELFARE OF CHILD - 1S​
Completed Offenses​	Completed sentence not found​