Two arrested, twin toddlers revived with Narcan after fentanyl exposure
NEWS COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON.
>> NEW HERE AT 4.32, TODDLERS
ARE RECOVERING AFTER LAW
ENFORCEMENT SAYS THEY WERE
EXPOSED TO FENTANYL. FIRST
RESPONDERS HAD TO USE NARCAN
TO REVIVE THEM.
>> THE CHILDREN'S MOTHER AND
HER BOYFRIEND ARE FACING
CHARGES IN THIS CASE. YOU KNOW,
SEAN GALLAGHER JOINS US LIVE
FROM DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. SEAN,
THIS IS A HORRIBLE STORY.
FIRST, TELL US HOW THE CHILDREN
ARE DOING.
>> AND GERALD RALEIGH, POLICE
TELL ME THAT THOSE CHILDREN ARE
EXPECTED TO SURVIVE IN. YOU
KNOW, WE'VE DONE STORIES A
NUMBER OF TIMES OVER THE YEARS
ABOUT HOW OPIOIDS EFFECT PEOPLE
OF ALL AGES ALL BACKGROUNDS.
BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE IT ANY
EASIER TO HEAR. THE 2 TODDLERS
ALMOST DIED BECAUSE OF EXPOSURE
TO.
MONDAY NIGHT. IT WAS PANIC
INSIDE THIS NORTH RALEIGH
APARTMENT. WE ARE WITH THE
HYSTERICAL MOTHER, HYSTERICAL.
BECAUSE VENUS HUMPHREYS, 2
YEAR-OLD CHILD.
>> WAS HAVING AN OVERDOSE
PATIENTS RATING, BUT IT COULD
HAVE ALL UNITS CONTINUE.
AND ACCORDING TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT, THAT CHILD'S TWIN
WENT UNCONSCIOUS. MOMENTS
LATER, INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE
THEY WERE EXPOSED TO FENTANYL.
BOTH NEEDING NARCAN TO BE
REVISED ARE CURRENTLY GETTING
THERE. BUT WE'RE SURE.
SHE'S IN PRETTY GOOD
IMPROVEMENT. HUMPHRIES AND HER
BOYFRIEND, TYRONE BANNERMAN,
NOW FACE CHARGES FOR CHILD
ABUSE FOR SOME BALL BREAKS MY
HEART. BART WALSH IS THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE
FENTANYL VICTIMS NETWORK OF
NORTH CAROLINA. SHE FEARS UNDER
THE CURRENT LAW. PEOPLE DON'T
FACE THE ACCOUNTABILITY.
SHE FEELS THEY NEED. I KNOW
THEY WON'T.
>> BECAUSE ALL THE PEOPLE IN
THE PANTS HAVE IT. THEY GET
CHILD NEGLECT OR CHILD ABUSE
OF. BUT THE NEW LAW, IT WILL
BE A FELONY. THE NEW LAW SHE'S
POINTING TO WAS SIGNED BY
GOVERNOR JOSH STEIN IN JULY
BUT WILL BECOME AFFECTIVE UNTIL
DECEMBER FIRST FOR THE CHARGES
FACING HUMPHRIES AND BANNERMAN
COULD BE MUCH MORE SPECIFIC.
>> WHICH WALSH FIELDS WOULD
MEAN MORE ACCOUNTABILITY WILL
LEAD TO LIVES BEING SAVED.
THAT'S THE GOAL WE WANT LIFE
SAVED.
>> PRESENT BATTERY WILL HAVE
THEIR FIRST APPEARANCE
TOMORROW. BANNERMAN FACING
ADDITIONAL CHARGES FOR
TRAFFICKING HEROIN AND ALSO
HAVING MARIJUANA AND A GUN AS
WELL. BOTH ARE BEING HELD
WITHOUT BOND IN RALEIGH.
SHAUN GALLAGHER, WRAL NEWS.
THANK YOU, SEAN. THE OPIOID
CRISIS WAS THE FOCUS OF A WRAL
DOCUMENTARY. IT'S CALLED CRISIS
NEXT DOOR.
>> THE FENTANYL EPIDEMIC.
IT'S AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW ON