BLAIR COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — An Altoona couple is facing felony child endangerment charges after police say they overdosed early Wednesday morning with children in the home.
According to the Altoona Police Department, Colton Flannery and Rose Markle have both been charged with a felony and two misdemeanors.
Police say they were called just after midnight to the 200 block of Willow Avenue for reports of an unconscious woman.
They say dispatchers were told the woman had shallow breathing and that Narcan was given two times.
Police say they arrived to find Markle on the floor and multiple children screaming from the staircase in the dining room.
They say one of the two young girls was holding a toddler and hysterically calling to their mom.
Police say Flannery was walking around and appeared to be under the influence of drugs.
A witness told police that the children called her after their mother wouldn’t wake up.
According to police, the witness told them she arrived to find Markle passed out and Flannery nodding off and trying to run away.
Police say one of the children told them they had come downstairs and found both Markel and Flannery unconscious.
They say Flannery admitted to taking to Xanax bars.
According to court documents, Flannery is free on unsecured bail while Markle is being lodged in the Blair County Prison.
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