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Bullitt County father facing charges after 4-year-old's 'near fatal overdose'

A Bullitt County father is behind bars, facing multiple charges related to a crime that put his young son in the hospital.

Bullitt County father facing charges after 4-year-old's 'near fatal overdose'

A Bullitt County father is behind bars, facing multiple charges related to a crime that put his young son in the hospital.

I’M RICK VAN HOOSE I’M VICKI DORTCH A BOULDER COUNTY FATHER IS MULTIPLE CHARGES AFTER HIS FOUR YEAR OLD SON ENDED UP THE HOSPITAL. DOCTORS SAY THE BOY NEARLY DIED AFTER ACCIDENTALLY INGESTING DRUGS IS LAUREN ADAMS TALKED TO THE DETECTIVE WHO SAYS THAT THAT LITTLE BOY IS LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. SMALL CHILD BEING. A SMALL CHILD. JUST PICK SOMETHING UP AND PUT IT IN THEIR MOUTH AND YOU KNOW, NOT KNOWING WHAT IT WAS BUT THAT IT ACCORDING HILLVIEW POLICE DETECTIVE CHRIS BOONE WAS METHAMPHETAMINE AND THAT SMALL ONLY FOUR WHEN HE GOT A HOLD OF IT AT THIS BULLET COUNTY HOME NOT FAR FROM PRESTON HIGHWAY THIS WEEK, THE BOY’S AUSTIN WEISINGER WAS ARRESTED ON. CHARGES INCLUDING UNLAWFUL TRANSACTION WITH A MINOR AND WANTON ENDANGERMENT. I KNEW IT WAS BAD RIGHT AWAY. YOU KNOW, THE PEDIATRIC PROTECTION SERVICES THAT NORTON’S THEY THEY CLASSIFY THIS IS A NEAR OVERDOSE ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS ON JULY 28, THE BOY BECAME A RESPONSE LIVE DURING BATH TIME AND THEN BEGAN VOMITING FOR AN HOUR BEFORE HIS PARENTS RUSHED HIM TO NORTON’S. AT THE TIME, HIS MOTHER TOLD DOCTORS SHE BELIEVED THE CHILD HAD GOTTEN INTO A NEIGHBOR’S SEIZURE. BUT EVENTUALLY, DETECTIVE BOONE SAYS WEISINGER, WHO TESTED POSITIVE FOR METH, CHANGED HIS STORY, ADMITTING HE WAS A USER BUT NEVER LEFT HIS DRUGS OUT. POLICE SAY THAT’S THE CASE. THEY SAY, ACCORDING TO TESTING DONE HERE AT NORTON CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, THAT LITTLE BOY HAD BEEN EXPOSED AND POSSIBLY INGESTED METH. THE URINE TEST DID THAT. THE CURRENT MEDICAL STATE HE WAS IN WAS AN IMMEDIATE REACTION TO SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING ON AND THE HAIR FOLLICLE SHOWS THAT THERE’S BEEN PROLONGED ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE TO POLICE. WEISINGER HAS SOUGHT AND BOONE IS HOPING HIS ARREST NOT ONLY A WAKE UP CALL TO HIM, BUT OTHERS PARENTS WHO HAVE THESE ISSUES HAVE REALLY GOT TO TAKE STOCK IN THEIR LIFE AND GET HELP AND BE RESPONSE CIVIL WITH WHAT THE ISSUE IS THAT THEY DON’T VICTIMIZE OR CHILD IN HILLVIEW LAUREN ADAMS WLKY NEWS WEISINGER IS BEING HELD ON A $100,000 BOND. HE’LL BE BACK COURT NEXT WEEK. INVESTIGATORS TELL US. HIS SON HAS BEEN REM
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Bullitt County father facing charges after 4-year-old's 'near fatal overdose'

A Bullitt County father is behind bars, facing multiple charges related to a crime that put his young son in the hospital.

Austin Weisinger was arrested this week on charges including unlawful transaction with a minor and wanton endangerment.Hillview police said his son, 4, ingested drugs at their home, not far from Preston Highway, and had to be rushed to the emergency room."I knew it was bad right away. The Pediatric Protection Services down at Norton's, they classified this as a near-death overdose," Hillview police detective Chris Boone told WLKY.According to court documents, on July 28, the boy became unresponsive during bath time and then began vomiting uncontrollably for an hour before his parents took him to Norton Children's Hospital. At the time, the mother told doctors she believed the child had gotten into a neighbor's seizure medication. The child has since been removed from the home but remained with the family, according to police.Eventually, according to police, Weisinger, who tested positive for meth, changed his story, admitting he was a user but never left his drugs out.Police say, based on testing done at the hospital, that's not the case."The test showed the current medical state he was in was an immediate reaction to something that was going on, and the hair follicle showed that there's been prolonged environmental exposure at some point," Boone said.Boone said Weisinger has sought treatment, and he is hoping his arrest is not only a wake-up call to him but others."Parents who have these issues have really got to take stock in their life and get help and be responsible with what their issue is so they don't victimize their child," he said.Weisinger remains behind bars on a $100,000 bond and is expected back in court Tuesday.

Austin Weisinger was arrested this week on charges including unlawful transaction with a minor and wanton endangerment.

Hillview police said his son, 4, ingested drugs at their home, not far from Preston Highway, and had to be rushed to the emergency room.

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"I knew it was bad right away. The Pediatric Protection Services down at Norton's, they classified this as a near-death overdose," Hillview police detective Chris Boone told WLKY.

According to court documents, on July 28, the boy became unresponsive during bath time and then began vomiting uncontrollably for an hour before his parents took him to Norton Children's Hospital. At the time, the mother told doctors she believed the child had gotten into a neighbor's seizure medication.

The child has since been removed from the home but remained with the family, according to police.

Eventually, according to police, Weisinger, who tested positive for meth, changed his story, admitting he was a user but never left his drugs out.

Police say, based on testing done at the hospital, that's not the case.

"The test showed the current medical state he was in was an immediate reaction to something that was going on, and the hair follicle showed that there's been prolonged environmental exposure at some point," Boone said.

Boone said Weisinger has sought treatment, and he is hoping his arrest is not only a wake-up call to him but others.

"Parents who have these issues have really got to take stock in their life and get help and be responsible with what their issue is so they don't victimize their child," he said.

Weisinger remains behind bars on a $100,000 bond and is expected back in court Tuesday.