Kendall Johnson, 27, was arrested Wednesday on a child endangerment charge with a $250,000 bond.
SMITH COUNTY, Texas — Arrest documents reveal a Tyler mother waited an hour and a half before calling 911 after her 23-month-old daughter ate a THC gummy “out of fear of getting in trouble.”
Kendall Johnson, 27, was arrested Wednesday on a child endangerment charge with a $250,000 bond.
According to the Smith County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded around 5 p.m., to the 12800 block of Candleridge Dr., after a 911 caller reported a possible overdose involving a child. Deputies found the toddler lethargic, and she was taken by EMS to UT Health Tyler for treatment.
Investigators determined the child consumed part of a THC gummy around 3:15 p.m. while she and her older brother were left unattended in their mother’s vehicle near Dixie Elementary School.
According to an arrest affidavit, Johnson had gone into a home near the school to pick up food, leaving her children alone in the car with the THC gummies. When she returned, she found her son chewing on something and determined he had gotten into the gummies.
The affidavit goes on to say that Johnson’s son spit out the gummy he was chewing on, but Johnson’s daughter “had already eaten half of one of the gummies.”
According to the affidavit, each gummy contained 1,000 mg of THC, meaning Johnson’s daughter had 500 mg of THC in her system.
Authorities said Johnson drove to a residence on Candleridge Drive, where she stayed for nearly two hours before calling 911. According to an arrest affidavit, Johnson hesitated to call law enforcement “out of fear of getting in trouble for being in possession of the THC gummies.”
After being taken to UT Health Tyler, the child who ingested part of the THC gummy was transported to a children’s hospital in Dallas. As of Thursday, deputies said she is stable.