{"id":105596,"date":"2024-05-17T12:03:26","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T12:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/four-daycare-workers-arrested-for-lacing-childrens-food-with-melatonin-police\/"},"modified":"2024-05-17T12:03:26","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T12:03:26","slug":"four-daycare-workers-arrested-for-lacing-childrens-food-with-melatonin-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/four-daycare-workers-arrested-for-lacing-childrens-food-with-melatonin-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Four daycare workers arrested for lacing children&#8217;s food with melatonin: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-05-17\/Daycare-Melatonin_1715928239351_hpMain_4x5.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Facebook\/Manchester NH Police<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(MANCHESTER, N.H.) &#8212; A daycare owner and three of her employees have been arrested after allegedly sprinkling melatonin on children\u2019s food, police say.<\/p>\n<p>The incident began in Nov. 2023 when police in Manchester, New Hampshire, received a report alleging \u201cunsafe practices going on in an in-home daycare at 316 Amory Street,\u201d which led to a lengthy investigation, according to a statement released by the Manchester Police Department on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough the investigation, police determined that the children\u2019s food was being sprinkled with melatonin without their parent\u2019s knowledge or consent,\u201d authorities said regarding the case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe hormone melatonin plays a role in the sleep-wake cycle. Natural levels of melatonin in the blood are highest at night. Some research suggests that melatonin supplements might be helpful in treating sleep disorders, such as delayed sleep phase. They also may provide some relief from insomnia and jet lag,\u201d according to the Mayo Clinic. \u201cMelatonin is generally safe for short-term use. Unlike with many sleep medications, with melatonin you are unlikely to become dependent on it, have less response to it after repeated use or experience a hangover effect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is currently unclear how long the daycare workers were dosing the children\u2019s food with the drug or how much they were giving them. Police also did not disclose how the practice was initially discovered.<\/p>\n<p>Arrest warrants were issued for the owner, 52-year-old Sally Dreckmann, as well as 51-year-old Traci Innie, 23-year-old Kaitlin Filardo, and 23-year-old Jessica Foster, all of whom hail from Manchester, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects turned themselves into police and all four of them were charged with 10 counts of endangering the welfare of a child.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation into this case is currently ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook\/Manchester NH Police (MANCHESTER, N.H.) &#8212; A daycare owner and three of her employees have been arrested after allegedly sprinkling melatonin on children\u2019s food, police say. The incident began in Nov. 2023 when police in Manchester, New Hampshire, received a report alleging \u201cunsafe practices going on in an in-home daycare<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/four-daycare-workers-arrested-for-lacing-childrens-food-with-melatonin-police\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,31,2],"tags":[273,271,276,274,270,123,275,133,124,272,102,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105596\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}