Baby Tests Positive for Methamphetamine

(Carson City, Nevada) A 22-year-old local mother, Charlene Marie Benitez, was arrested last Friday as a result of her one-year-old daughter testing positive for methamphetamine.

The mother allegedly told police that earlier in the day she's smoked methamphetamine with a male friend as her daughter slept upstairs.

Benitez then went to lay down with her daughter, and after a nap, took a shower about 4:30 p.m. while the baby was awake in the living room.

At 9:30 p.m., according to reports, Benitez called her sister and said her daughter was “acting weird.” The sister drove the two to the hospital.

Benitez was booked into custody at the Carson City Jail with bail set at $50,000.