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Father also arrested in child overdose incident

Columbus, IN, USA / QMIX 107.3
Father also arrested in child overdose incident

Roberts-Courtesy of CPD



COLUMBUS, Ind. – The Columbus Police Department  (CPD)announced on Tuesday afternoon that in addition to the mother being taken into custody in the child overdose case, the father has also been arrested.

Dennis Roberts II, 35, of Columbus, was preliminarily charged with Neglect of a Dependent (level 5 felony).

CPD says the father, Roberts, and the mother, Dakota Smith, remain incarcerated at Bartholomew County Jail.

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