The parents and grandmother of a 17-month-old baby are behind bars at the Hardin County Detention Center, charged with wanton endangerment.Police said a 17-month-old boy was rushed to Hardin Memorial Hospital Wednesday evening after it was discovered he had found a spoon with methamphetamine on it and ingested it.Mobile videoThe baby's mother, Jessica Humphrey, 29, is Jesica Poteet's cousin. Poteet said Humphrey was still at work Wednesday night. But Humphrey's husband, Joseph Culley Jr., 28, had already made it home and was making dinner for the couple's three children.When Humphrey arrived home, according to police she stated the baby was "acting weird" and "not like himself." She went on to say that the child "appeared as if he was on something."When the baby was taken to the hospital, blood was drawn, and testing showed a positive result for amphetamines.Poteet told WLKY, "I do believe Sherrie's the cause of all this, I know for a fact Sherrie's the cause of all this."She said her aunt, Humphrey's mother, Sherrie Smith, 52, moved into the home several months ago after being released from jail."I know she had been in some trouble and she needed home placement and Jessica had opened up the home to her mother."Police said regardless of who was doing drugs, all three knew drugs were in the home. In fact, police said, methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia were later located at the home.But Poteet insisted her cousin is innocent. "There's no doubt in my mind she'll get those babies back. That's her world."After being taken to Hardin Memorial Hospital, the baby was taken to Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville for further evaluation. Jesica Poteet did not have an update on the boy's condition.Elizabethtown police said their investigation is ongoing.

The parents and grandmother of a 17-month-old baby are behind bars at the Hardin County Detention Center, charged with wanton endangerment.

Police said a 17-month-old boy was rushed to Hardin Memorial Hospital Wednesday evening after it was discovered he had found a spoon with methamphetamine on it and ingested it.


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The baby's mother, Jessica Humphrey, 29, is Jesica Poteet's cousin. Poteet said Humphrey was still at work Wednesday night. But Humphrey's husband, Joseph Culley Jr., 28, had already made it home and was making dinner for the couple's three children.



When Humphrey arrived home, according to police she stated the baby was "acting weird" and "not like himself." She went on to say that the child "appeared as if he was on something."

When the baby was taken to the hospital, blood was drawn, and testing showed a positive result for amphetamines.

Poteet told WLKY, "I do believe Sherrie's the cause of all this, I know for a fact Sherrie's the cause of all this."

She said her aunt, Humphrey's mother, Sherrie Smith, 52, moved into the home several months ago after being released from jail.



"I know she had been in some trouble and she needed home placement and Jessica had opened up the home to her mother."



Police said regardless of who was doing drugs, all three knew drugs were in the home. In fact, police said, methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia were later located at the home.



But Poteet insisted her cousin is innocent. "There's no doubt in my mind she'll get those babies back. That's her world."



After being taken to Hardin Memorial Hospital, the baby was taken to Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville for further evaluation. Jesica Poteet did not have an update on the boy's condition.



Elizabethtown police said their investigation is ongoing.