SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — The U.S. Marshals Service arrested a woman wanted out of Stevens County for an incident where her baby overdosed on fentanyl.
According to the Marshals, Briana Smutz was arrested Wednesday, December 3 in Spokane Valley near Argonne Road and Grace Road.
Smutz had a warrant in Stevens County stemming from an incident where her two-year-old child was exposed to fentanyl. Investigators say the baby began to suffer overdose symptoms. Emergency personnel gave the child Narcan and took the baby from Loon Lake to a Spokane hospital.
The Marshals Service did not provide the child’s latest status.
The Marshals Service says Smutz left the scene before law enforcement officers arrived.
The Stevens County Sheriff’s Office determined Smutz was in Spokane Valley, and she was arrested without incident.
Smutz was arrested for assault of a child, abandonment of a dependent person, and possession charges.
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