WILKES-BARRE — Wilkes-Barre police confirm for Newswatch 16 they’re investigating a report that a 2-year-old girl was intoxicated.
Officers say the child’s aunt and uncle brought the girl to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital Monday night, where blood tests showed she had a measurable blood alcohol content.
According to police, the aunt and uncle smelled alcohol on the child after picking her up from her parents’ home on Hazle Street. They then called Children and Youth and took her to the hospital.
Wilkes-Barre police and Luzerne County Children and Youth are investigating.