A Miami County couple was arrested last Friday after a three-year old child tested positive for methamphetamine.
During a joint investigation between the Indiana State Police and Miami County Division of Indiana’s Department of Child Services performed an emergency removal of the three-year old girl from a home on West Third Street in Peru after she tested positive for meth and fentanyl during a DCS investigation.
A further investigation led to the search of the home, where police found meth, heroin, a syringe and items of other drug paraphernalia. Arrested was 54-year old Byron Parsons and his wife, 29-year old Breanna Parsons, both of whom face charges of neglect of a child, along with multiple drug charges. Both were taken to the Miami County Jail.
