Baby Born Drug Addicted, Mother Arrested

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COOKEVILLE, Tenn.- Detectives in Putnam County said a woman's drug use caused serious harm to her unborn baby.

Police arrested Anna Parkinson on charges of aggravated assault, after she gave birth to a drug-addicted son. Parkinson tested positive for meth, Oxycodone, and other drugs during her pregnancy. She even admitted to injecting drugs the day before she delivered.

The baby was taken into state custody.

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