Teh One Who Knocks
09-23-2013, 11:04 AM
By Record Searchlight staff
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Redding police early Sunday morning arrested a 22-year-old mother on suspicion of methamphetamine possession and child endangerment after they say she incorrectly reported her son's diaper rash - allegedly the result of her neglecting him - as sexual abuse from her boyfriend.
Cpl. Jon Poletski said officers went to Shasta Regional Medical Center shortly before 5 a.m. to check out a reported child molestation.
Poletski said Zara Crank, 22, had called 911 saying her boyfriend sexually assaulted her 4-year-old son, and she requested officers to meet her at the hospital to investigate.
But officers noticed what appeared to be a container of methamphetamine coming out of Crank's shirt, Poletski said, and he said the woman appeared to be high on meth.
When officers asked her about the suspected drugs, Poletski said Crank told them the substance they saw was indeed meth, and she'd taken it the night before. Crank then admitted she'd been up four days and had not been taking care of her son, Poletski said.
Officers eventually realized that the boy's apparent injuries were actually just diaper rash resulting from Crank's lack of care for her son, Poletski said.
The boy was taken from her by Children and Family Services, Poletski said. He said it's still unknown whether anyone was ever at Crank's apartment at the time of the supposed abuse, or she was "paranoid from the drug abuse."
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Redding police early Sunday morning arrested a 22-year-old mother on suspicion of methamphetamine possession and child endangerment after they say she incorrectly reported her son's diaper rash - allegedly the result of her neglecting him - as sexual abuse from her boyfriend.
Cpl. Jon Poletski said officers went to Shasta Regional Medical Center shortly before 5 a.m. to check out a reported child molestation.
Poletski said Zara Crank, 22, had called 911 saying her boyfriend sexually assaulted her 4-year-old son, and she requested officers to meet her at the hospital to investigate.
But officers noticed what appeared to be a container of methamphetamine coming out of Crank's shirt, Poletski said, and he said the woman appeared to be high on meth.
When officers asked her about the suspected drugs, Poletski said Crank told them the substance they saw was indeed meth, and she'd taken it the night before. Crank then admitted she'd been up four days and had not been taking care of her son, Poletski said.
Officers eventually realized that the boy's apparent injuries were actually just diaper rash resulting from Crank's lack of care for her son, Poletski said.
The boy was taken from her by Children and Family Services, Poletski said. He said it's still unknown whether anyone was ever at Crank's apartment at the time of the supposed abuse, or she was "paranoid from the drug abuse."