Multiple Arrests Made After Two-Year-Old Overdosed in Aitkin County

AITKIN COUNTY, Minn. —Friday, a two-year-old was reported to be unresponsive after being exposed to a controlled substance in Aitkin County. 

Family members called 911 from a vehicle in the Garrison area after removing the child from the household. The child was transported to Metro hospital by air ambulance and is in stable condition.

Aitkin County Sheriffs executed a search warrant by the Aitkin, Itasca, and Mille Lacs drug task force (AIM) and the lakes area drug investigation division (LADID) to a home on Pike Avenue.

Upon arrival, another two-year was discovered in a crib in close proximity to a plate of crushed fentanyl. A total of five juveniles were taken into protective custody from the residence, with another protective hold on the two-year old in the hospital.

304 M-30 Fentanyl pills were recovered as well as several grams of crushed Fentanyl powder from the residence. Three adults were arrested at the residence, ranging from 27 to 47 in age.

The Aitkin County Sheriff says that this is an on-going investigation and the initial overdose of that two-year is pending, which will lead to an arrest soon.

To see the Aitkin County Sheriff’s entire news release click here.