The Great Smoky Mountain Journal
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Tuesday, January 01, 2019 02:47 PM
Knoxville Mother Arrested After 4-Year Old Child Found Unconscious In Restroom Of Their Hotel Room With Loaded Syringe
The Knoxville Police Department responded to the Extended Stay America, 1700 Winston Road, at 3:28 p.m. April 21 and found the child standing in the hallway with other hotel guests. She allegedly told officers that after finding her mother, 29-year-old Renee Hudson, in the restroom, she went outside and wandered around for a while before hotel management found her and called KPD.
Upon entering the room, officers said they found Hudson in the restroom with drug paraphernalia such as syringes and metal spoons covered in pink residue in the sink and toilet tank lid.
According to the arrest report, an officer touched Hudson's sternum and she immediately responded and woke up. Upon further inspection of the restroom, officers aid they found pills believed to be oxycodone and alprazolam in a silver container. Officers searched the rest of the hotel room and said they found about 30 used syringes, four spoons with pink residue, two empty suboxone packets and three straws with residue — KPD said all these items were easily accessible to the child.
KPD officers said Hudson had legal prescriptions of oxycodone and alprazolam, however "the pills were being used inappropriately through injection and inhalation through the nose."
The child's father allegedly came to pick her up after Hudson was placed under arrest. According to arrest records, the Department of Children's Services will be notified of the incident.
Hudson has been charged with abuse, neglect or endangerment of a child less than eight years old and possession of unlawful drug paraphernalia. She's in jail on a $3,500 bond with a preliminary hearing set for May 1.
