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Sharek White, 46, and Alexis Mistretta, 37, were charged with one count of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago.
On Monday, Oct. 18, Wall Township police were called to a residence on the 1100 block of 17th Avenue for a suspected overdose. Police found an unresponsive
toddler, nearly 2 years of age, with lifesaving efforts already in progress. The efforts continued, as the child was rushed to a local hospital, where she is alert and currently being monitored, Santiago said on Wednesday, Oct. 19.
The child is believed to have been playing with items that had been exposed to opioid narcotics, he said.
The case is a joint investigation with the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and the Wall Township Police Department. If anyone has any information regarding this case, you are urged to call Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Detective Jose I. Rodriguez at 800-533-7443 or Wall Township Police Detective Ty Hughes at 732-449-4500, ext. 1191.
White and Mistretta were being held in the Monmouth County Correctional Institution pending a detention hearing on Oct. 24,
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