Two charged after children hospitalized over marijuana brownies in Laurel County
Laurel County sheriff's deputies arrested Tammy Lynn Cundiff, 30, and Brian Taylor Smith, 29, after two children ate marijuana brownies at a home south of London and were taken to hospital on 4 October 2025. Both were charged with public intoxication involving controlled substances and two counts of endangering the welfare of a minor; Smith also faced a drug-paraphernalia charge.
🇺🇸 Robert E. Cox Road, Laurel County, Kentucky · Kentucky, United States
Laurel County sheriff’s deputies arrested two adults on Saturday night, 4
October 2025, after being sent to a drug overdose complaint involving two
juveniles at a home on Robert E. Cox Road, about nine miles south of London,
Kentucky.[1]Tammy Lynn Cundiff, 30, and Brian Taylor Smith, 29, were arrested
and lodged in the Laurel County Correctional Center.[1]Cundiff is the parent
of the two children involved.[1]
Deputies said the two adults made brownies with marijuana and brownies without
marijuana, and that the children ate the brownies containing marijuana.[1]The
children’s father took them to Baptist Health Hospital in Corbin for treatment
of a possible overdose.[1]Social services was notified and conducted an
investigation at the scene.[1]Cundiff was charged with public intoxication
involving controlled substances and two counts of endangering the welfare of a
minor.[1]Smith was charged with public intoxication involving controlled
substances, two counts of endangering the welfare of a minor and possession of
drug paraphernalia.[1]
A FOX 56 account, republished by Yahoo News, also reported that two people were
arrested after the overdose of two juveniles and that both were charged with
public intoxication involving controlled substances and two counts of
endangering the welfare of a minor.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
2
Charged
2
Agency
Laurel County Sheriff's Office
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Edibles
Activity
Possession
Setting
Home
Charges
public intoxication involving controlled substances; endangering the welfare of a minor; possession of drug paraphernalia
Case stage
Charged
Force
No force reported
Region
Laurel County, Kentucky
Sources
LEX 18 Newslex18.com2 adults arrested after children hospitalized from alleged marijuana brownie consumption in Laurel County
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