SEYMOUR, Ind — Police arrested a Seymour man Sunday night after a baby tested positive for methamphetamine at a local hospital.
Monday afternoon, police say that the child is in stable condition. The 10-month-old infant was first taken to Schneck Medical Center in Seymour on Saturday afternoon after displaying symptoms of sickness and "extreme excitement," according to Investigation Lt. C.J. Foster with the Seymour Police Department.
Edward J. Swindall, 48, was taken into custody after investigators searched an apartment on South Jackson Park Drive in Seymour and discovered meth and marijuana Sunday night shortly after 8:30 p.m.
A toxicology panel run on the child showed a positive test for methamphetamine. Just how much of the drug was in the infant's system, Foster said, was not immediately clear as those tests take a few days to be run.
Seymour police say following the child's positive test for methamphetamine, the Department of Child Services was contacted and that the child's family has been questioned.
Formal charges have not yet been filed against Swindell by the Jackson County prosecutor.
Another person in the Jackson Manor apartment where Swindall was arrested claimed responsibility for the marijuana. Those charges are pending with the Jackson County prosecutor. Police did not share that person's name.
The case is still under investigation.