3 charged after injured 11-month-old tests positive for fentanyl, cocaine [Video]

SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) – The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office said three people were recently charged after a baby was found with multiple injuries and drugs in his system.

Deputies said the situation began on June 16 when the Chesnee Police Department asked for help from the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office’s Special Victims Unit at Spartanburg Regional Hospital.

According to deputies, they arrived at the hospital and found crews getting ready to transport an 11-month-old to Prisma Heath System Pediatrics in Greenville.

Deputies explained that the child had severe mouth and eye infections, damaged neck ligaments, multiple back compression fractures and contusions on the torso, back, and head areas. They added that he also tested positive for fentanyl, cocaine and THC.

During a bond court hearing on Wednesday afternoon, the solicitor said the victim had to have a toe amputated and doctors found burns in his throat.

Deputies stated …