Baby Exposed To Drugs Given Narcan, Hospitalized: St. Pete Police

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — An 11-month-old boy was hospitalized in St. Petersburg Friday night and treated with Narcan after being exposed to drugs, according to St. Petersburg police arrest affidavits.

The child’s caregiver, Tanesha Lanae Newsome, 30, was charged with three felony counts of neglect of a child without great bodily harm, records show.

The redacted arrest affidavits don’t include Newsome’s exact relationship with the baby boy.

Newsome told police that she was on the porch of a home on Fifth Avenue North in St. Petersburg around 10 p.m., while three children, including the baby, were inside.

Not long after arriving at the home, she was told “that something was wrong with” the boy, who “began to turn blue,” according to the affidavits.

He was brought to All Children’s Hospital, where he was intubated and admitted to the Intensive Care Unit. After being given Narcan, the baby awoke and began to cry, police said.

On Saturday, after executing a search warrant at the home, multiple bags of “a white, powdery substance” thought to be drugs were found, police said.