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| TV reporters charged after their baby ingests cocaine through breast milk | TV reporters charged after their baby ingests cocaine through breast milk |
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| A pair of married TV reporters face child abuse charges after their four-month-old daughter tested positive for cocaine. | A pair of married TV reporters face child abuse charges after their four-month-old daughter tested positive for cocaine. |
| And the two met when she was an intern at KOLD (not KGUN), where Som worked and from where he was terminated since this case. | |
| The mother, Krystin Lisaius, and father, Somchai Lisaius, met in 2012, working together at KOLD, a Tucson, Arizona station. | |
| Krystin admitted to snorting the drug at a family gathering before feeding her daughter 12 hours later, believing it was a big enough window not to affect her baby. She told police that she became concerned after her daughter’s “eyes were rolling” and she was “ragdoll-like.” | |
| She was arraigned this week along with her husband, a crime reporter who has since been let go from KOLD. | |
| The couple brought the child to a hospital, but initially refused to allow any blood tests to be carried out. | The couple brought the child to a hospital, but initially refused to allow any blood tests to be carried out. |
| Representatives from the Office of Child Welfare Investigations and Department of Child Safety eventually took a sample of urine from the child and found the presence of cocaine in her system. | Representatives from the Office of Child Welfare Investigations and Department of Child Safety eventually took a sample of urine from the child and found the presence of cocaine in her system. |
| A search of their Oro Valley home by police found a small amount of cocaine as well as drug-associated paraphernalia, including a small digital scale. | A search of their Oro Valley home by police found a small amount of cocaine as well as drug-associated paraphernalia, including a small digital scale. |
| The child’s godfather admitted he was present at a family barbecue in the couple’s home and took cocaine with them, according to the police report. | The child’s godfather admitted he was present at a family barbecue in the couple’s home and took cocaine with them, according to the police report. |
| Somchai initially denied snorting the white powder, but later admitted to using it “every six weeks or so” after his wife admitted doing the same. | Somchai initially denied snorting the white powder, but later admitted to using it “every six weeks or so” after his wife admitted doing the same. |
| The child is now in the care of a relative of the couple and is expected to make a full recovery. | The child is now in the care of a relative of the couple and is expected to make a full recovery. |
| Krystin has been granted 24/7 access to her daughter, with Somchai limited to 12 hours a day. | |
| The couple's attorney told Tucson News that it would be a “gross injustice” if they went to prison, claiming the couple have learned a “very hard, embarrassing lesson.” | The couple's attorney told Tucson News that it would be a “gross injustice” if they went to prison, claiming the couple have learned a “very hard, embarrassing lesson.” |
| He described cocaine as a “recreational drug” and that “if there's a misjudgment as to how fast it's out of your system, then it's an error that has been learned. It won't be repeated." | He described cocaine as a “recreational drug” and that “if there's a misjudgment as to how fast it's out of your system, then it's an error that has been learned. It won't be repeated." |