PHOENIX (3TV / CBS 5) – A Phoenix man faces child and substance abuse charges after police say he exposed two young children to fentanyl while using the drug himself. Officials arrested Matthew Duane Cruz, 32, Tuesday after he was found in the car with the unconscious children. Police said they received a call about a moving car with two passed out on Interstate 17 and Peoria Avenue. Officers found Cruz in the driver’s seat and a woman in the front passenger seat who, according to public court documents, “looked like they had just woken up.” “In the car. Cruz later stated that he had also taken fentanyl, the police wrote. The officers found a 3-year-old and a 5-year-old unconscious in the back seat with a small dog. According to police, the officers tried to bring the children Paramedics rushed the children to hospital for treatment for exposure to fentanyl smoke. Their conditions were not immediately available and their relationship with Cruz and the woman is unclear. Authorities determined that Cruz is still against his arrest Had arrest warrants, but the alleged crimes were not recorded on his court documents. Officials also said drugs and drug paraphernalia were “in sight” in the front seat of the car Cruz sat in. Police said the officers also had an unlabeled pill container found with “a large amount of blue round pills marked M30.” According to the DEA, such pills are often counterfeit oxycodone -Pills that contain the potentially deadly opioid fentanyl. Such fake pills are specially made to look like real oxycodone pills. Counterfeit Percocet Pills Widely Used in Nogales, Mexico Police arrested Cruz on suspicion of child abuse and various drug charges. Since Cruz was released for a crime when he was arrested, he is not entitled to bail. Copyright 2021 KPHO / KTVK (KPHO Rundfunkgesellschaft). All rights reserved.
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