Mary Ann Weaver
HANCOCK COUNTY — A Greenfield woman is facing a felony charge of neglect after officials say a minor at her home ended up in the hospital in critical condition following a gathering where officials believe several juveniles were drinking alcohol and using illegal drugs.
Mary Ann Weaver, 68, 30 block of Brenda Court, is facing a Level 3 felony count of neglect of a dependent resulting in serious injury, a Level 6 felony count of neglect of a dependent and a Class A misdemeanor charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor from an incident in late August.
The case against Weaver was opened in Hancock County Superior Court 1, Aug. 28 when a warrant was issued for her arrest. Weaver, who was taken into custody Thursday after she turned herself in, was set to have an initial hearing Friday with Judge D.J. Davis.
Prosecutor Bren Eaton noted his office asked for a $5,000 cash bond in the case due to the fact she did not have a criminal history.
According to a probable cause affidavit, a deputy from the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department was asked to go to a home on North 600W, Greenfield for a welfare check to check on a female who had been given Narcan.
A woman with her 14-year-old daughter in need of aid met the deputy in the driveway of the home, and the deputy noted the daughter was in a semi-conscious state, the affidavit said. The deputy stated the girl was throwing up and smelled of alcohol.
Officials were able to determine that the girl had come from a friends’ place, where Weaver lived as the guardian to the friend. The mother told officials she had received a call from Weaver telling her to come and get her daughter because she was intoxicated. The girl was taken to the hospital, officials said in the report, where she was for a time listed in critical condition with life-threatening issues. She has since been released, officials said.
According to the affidavit, the girl was able to tell officials she had snorted some kind of drug and later told other deputies on scene that she had taken Ketamine — what officials referred to as a common date-rape drug — when she was at her friend’s home, Weaver’s location at Eastway Court Apartments. The friend there told officials the girl told her she had taken Ketamine before she arrived at her place and the girl’s behavior became worse, so she told Weaver and they gave the girl Narcan.
The deputy noted in the report when he was speaking with the friend that he noticed the smell of alcohol coming from the minor. The friend then stated, according to the report, that “they had all been drinking and smoking weed while they were in the bedroom.” The friend then advised there were two other juveniles at the house of the incident.
According to the affidavit, when Weaver noticed the teens were acting odd she started calling parents and when asked to give one of the juveniles Narcan, she did. The deputies noted in the report that the apartment where Weaver lives had a strong smell of burnt marijuana in it and when they searched the bedroom the juveniles were in they found 17 empty alcohol bottles.
Officials also found a box with multiple glass pipes with burnt residue inside the pipes consistent with burnt marijuana along with multiple grinders with a plant-like material officials believed to be marijuana, the report stated. Weaver told officials she checked on the juveniles three or four times and said “they were just listening to music and playing on the game station,” the report stated.
Weaver then told officials she does not allow juveniles to drink, but she does know that “they vape and marijuana,” the report stated. She also noted she could not smell the marijuana that day due to a sinus infection.
The deputies noted in the report that the juvenile girl taken to the hospital was suffering from a life-threatening overdose and Weaver did not contact emergency services.
“She was present while the girl was showing signs of overdose and needed immediate medical attention,” the report stated. Weaver told officials she planned on taking the girl home to “face the music” because she was intoxicated, the report said.
Officials noted in the affidavit that there was a total of four juveniles in the apartment and all the juveniles were engaged in criminal, delinquent activity while Weaver was present. Officials also said in the report that one of the juvenile kids said their mom bought them alcohol and said the mom put the ketamine in the alcohol.
That woman, Amanda Reed, 10 block of Manor Drive, Greenfield has been charged with a Class A Misdemeanor of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and a Class B Misdemeanor of furnishing alcohol to a minor. Her case was opened in Hancock County Superior Court 2 in late August.
