FROM THE NEWSROOM: (KILLINGLY) A Killingly woman was arrested on Sunday evening, stemming from an incident in May where her children got into her “gummy bears” that contain CBD and THC, say State Police.
On May 10th, Troopers responded to Day Kimball Hospital after two children were taken in by their grandmother, after possibly consuming Gummy Bears containing CBD (Cannabidiol). Based on the symptoms of the three-year old girl, it was necessary to transport her to Connecti...cut Children's Medical Center in Hartford. The nine year-old boy was kept at Day Kimball Hospital for a medical evaluation.
On that day, 28 year-old Jessica Cusson from Dayville brought her children to the home of her mother, Bonnie Shaw in Pomfret. When Shaw took them out of their car seats, she states that the three year-old's eyes were not right, and they were wobbling and both were not walking properly. When she asked Cusson what was wrong with them, she responded that the daughter “got into my gummies.” Cusson insisted that she counted them and the daughter “only had one,” to which Shaw argued back and forth that the children needed to get to the hospital. Cusson stated that it would “cause too much trouble” and that they would be fine after some rest. Shaw called police and EMS.
The nine-year old told police that his mother gives him a gummy bear each day to keep him calm, instead of his prescribed medication. And that when his three year-old sister can't sleep, she gives her a half of a gummy bear, but it makes her all quiet and her eyes looked purple and pink and you could see her veins.
Cusson says that the children got into the gummy bears without her knowledge while their father was showering. And, that they are legal, and sold at gas stations. She later admitted to storing her legal CBD gummy bears with ones that contained illegal THC which she got from a friend.
After learning of the incident, Cusson's husband Matthew Sasser was upset and threw away the remaining gummy bears. He had not known they were in the house prior to this incident.
The three year-old tested positive for THC. While the nine-year old did not.
Cusson has been charged with 2 counts Risk of Injury to a Child and was issued a $10,000 non-surety bond. She is scheduled to appear in Danielson Superior Court on July 3rd to answer to these charges, as well as earlier charges of Risk of Injury to a Child stemming back to January of this year.
The children have been placed with a family member per a request from DCF.