Blount County man charged after 2-year-old overdosed on THC gummies
A Blount County, Alabama, man was arrested and charged after court records say a 2-year-old boy in his unsupervised home ate THC gummies and overdosed on 22 February 2026. He also faces two counts of giving a controlled substance to a 15-year-old in June 2025 and a reckless endangerment charge over the drugs left within children's reach.
🇺🇸 Blount County, Alabama · Alabama, United States
A Blount County, Alabama, man was arrested and charged after he allegedly made
drugs accessible to several minors.[1]
Court records allege that on 22 February 2026 he had young children inside his
residence and left THC gummies, marijuana and drug paraphernalia lying around.[1]He was not supervising the children, and a 2-year-old boy ingested THC
gummies and overdosed.[1]The boy was taken to Children’s of Alabama after he
would not wake up and was lethargic, and was found to have a high THC level in
his system.[1]
He is charged with chemical endangerment of a child causing serious physical
injury over the exposure of the 2-year-old to the gummies.[1]He is also
charged with reckless endangerment over leaving drugs and drug paraphernalia
accessible to unsupervised children.[1]Court records say that in June 2025 he
sold or gave a controlled substance to a 15-year-old, which led to two counts of
distribution of a controlled substance to a minor.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Charged
1
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Edibles
Activity
Sale
Setting
Home
Charges
chemical endangerment of a child causing serious physical injury; reckless endangerment; distribution of a controlled substance to a minor
Case stage
Charged
Region
Alabama
Sources
WBRCwbrc.comMan arrested after 2-year-old overdoses on THC gummies
Open questions the AI reported
No weight or count was published for the THC gummies or the marijuana left in the home, so no cannabis quantity is recorded.
The date of the arrest is not stated; 22 February 2026 is the date court records give for the exposure that led to the charges, and 14 April 2026 is the publication date.
The boy's condition after he was taken to Children's of Alabama was not reported.
The two distribution counts and the chemical endangerment charge arise from two separate dates, and the article does not say how they are joined in one case.
The article does not name the agency that arrested him; the only named institution is the Blount County Jail that supplied the booking photo.
All accessible accounts, including the syndicated versions, reproduce the same WBRC report; no independent outlet, court record or agency statement was found.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in FOX10 News: Gray News syndicated the Blount County report to other television stations the following day, crediting WBRC.
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