Washington Parish Sheriff’s Officers were dispatched to the area of Highway 439 and Adams Road in reference to a car in a field with the engine running and a female passed out in the front seat. Officers discovered an unclothed crying infant strapped into a car seat and a driver who was impaired and in possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia. The driver, 21 YO Ashlin Faith Lewis of R. F. Ball Road, was arrested and booked into the Washington Parish Jail charged with driving while intoxicated, possession of heroin, possession of drug paraphernalia, cruelty to a juvenile and more.
Northshore EMS evaluated both the driver and the infant, who was transported to Our Lady of Angels Hospital for evaluation and then turned over to the custody of the Department of Children and Family Services.
Sheriff Randy Seal said it was unimaginable for a helpless infant to be subjected to such cruelty and thanked his officers and Northshore EMS personnel for rescuing the child from such an awful circumstance.
