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Grand Rapids mother sent to prison for giving baby methadone

Police say the child was revived with Narcan, an overdose reversal drug.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Jennifer Lynn Pickerd, 37, has been sentenced to 18 months to three years in prison for child abuse after she gave her five-week-old daughter methadone. 

Judge Mark Trusock told Pickerd there was no justification or excuse for what she did back in late September.

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Investigators said Pickerd gave the infant methadone because she was being fussy. She became unresponsive and was revived with Narcan, an overdose reversal drug. 

The baby has since recovered. 

A hearing has been set for early March to determine if the child should be made a ward of the court. 

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