Trumbull grand jury to hear case involving overdoses of children

WARREN — The Warren Police Department will be presenting information about the Feb. 2 apparent drug overdoses of babies 21 and 9 months to a Trumbull County grand jury.

The children were taken to the hospital by their mother unresponsive, but both responded to a dose of naloxone, the opiate-overdose-reversal drug, leading officials to believe they had eaten an opiate such as heroin.

Both children were transferred to Akron Children’s Hospital, where they each received a second dose of naloxone. They were released from the hospital in good condition a few days later and were placed in the care of Trumbull County Children Services.

Police said their mother, 18, of Randolph Street Northwest, is the main suspect in the case because she was at the home when the children became unresponsive.