Wake Forest mother charged after twins ingested her THC gummies
A Wake County warrant says 24-year-old Sydney Greysen Stoker kept THC gummies in her room at 1025 Fair Long Road in Wake Forest, where her 3-year-old twins reached them on 29 October 2023 and were sent to the hospital. She faces misdemeanor child abuse and felony possession of a controlled substance.
🇺🇸 1025 Fair Long Road, Wake Forest, Wake County · North Carolina, United States
The Wake County Sheriff’s Office said two 3-year-olds were sent to the hospital
after ingesting gummies with narcotics in them.[1]After 3-year-old twins were
sickened by THC gummies, their 24-year-old mother faces criminal charges of
misdemeanor child abuse and felony possession of a controlled substance.[1]According to the warrant for her arrest, Sydney Greysen Stoker had the gummies
in her room at 1025 Fair Long Road in Wake Forest where her twins were able to
get access to them.[1]
The twins’ grandmother was taking the twins to the hospital for treatment on 29
October when her car broke down on Calvin Jones Highway in Wake Forest and she
called for assistance.[1]The grandmother told first responders that the
children had taken gummies that had THC in them.[1]
Dr. Mike Steiner, pediatrician in chief at UNC Children’s Hospital, said 3,000
to 4,000 children under the age of 6 are expected to unintentionally ingest THC
gummies that year.[1]He added that approximately 10% of those children will
end up in the ICU with depressed sensorium.[1]
Kylie Williams, 30, of Verona Borough faces child endangerment charges after police said suspected marijuana was found in her child's backpack at Verner Elementary School. She was taken to the Allegheny County Jail, and accounts differ on whether she had posted bail.
Thirty-six people, nine of them in the country illegally, have been charged in a federal investigation into a Mexico-based drug trafficking and money laundering organization operating in South Carolina, the Justice Department said. During the investigation the DEA seized 34 pounds (15.4 kg) of marijuana, along with large quantities of fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine.
Alabama basketball guard Aden Holloway, arrested in March 2026 for possession of marijuana and failure to affix a tax stamp, had his first-degree marijuana charge dismissed in September after completing a court second-chance program. Alabama reinstated him on 6 October and, after a team-imposed five-game suspension, he returned to the court on 9 November.
A federal grand jury indicted six men over a marijuana distribution conspiracy across South Carolina's Lowcountry, with two accused of conspiring to distribute 1,000 kilograms or more. Four of the defendants face a maximum sentence of life in prison; no trial date or custodial status was reported.
