Monessen Couple Charged For Child’s Overdose

A Monessen couple is facing charges after a two-year old overdosed from cocaine and fentanyl. The Westmoreland County District Attorney and Monessen police were called to a home back on October 4 after reports of a child overdosing. According to The Trib, Sable Ford, 36, and Travis Holmes told police the child found a baggie in the front yard and put it in its mouth. The child was then taken to UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh for treatment and tested positive for cocaine and fentanyl. According to the report, police found white residue in the home that was identified as cocaine. They also found drug paraphernalia. Ford and Holmes are both charged with endangering the welfare of children, criminal conspiracy, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance. Both were reportedly being held in the Westmoreland County Jail on $50-thousand bond.