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An Oregon man accused of spiking smoothies with sedatives and giving them to his daughter’s pre-teen buddies has been charged with a number of felonies, in response to court docket paperwork.
Michael Meyden, 57, of Lake Oswego, allegedly drugged three of his daughter’s buddies whereas they slept over on the night time of Aug. 25, 2023, in response to court docket paperwork and a possible trigger affidavit filed this week in Clackamas County.
The ladies, all 12 years outdated, had been hospitalized and examined constructive for benzodiazepine, described within the affidavit as a drug usually prescribed for nervousness, with frequent prescriptions below the names Valium, Xanax and Klonopin. Benzodiazepines are a depressant that produces sedation, sleepiness and a relaxed temper, the affidavit stated.
The affidavit, which was written by a Lake Oswego police detective, didn’t specify why Meyden allegedly served the kids spiked smoothies.
Meyden is charged with three felony counts of inflicting one other particular person to ingest a managed substance, three felony counts of making use of a schedule IV managed substance to the physique of a minor and three misdemeanor counts of delivering to a minor a schedule IV managed substance, court docket data present.
His lawyer, Mark Cogan, stated his consumer turned himself in Tuesday to the Clackamas County Jail following a grand jury indictment. He was arraigned Wednesday and pleaded not responsible. Bail was issued at $50,000, which Meyden has posted, Cogan stated.
“Mr. Meyden is presumed harmless,” Cogan stated by telephone Friday afternoon. “Now we have not seen the proof. The indictment was issued by a grand jury behind closed doorways the place no choose, no protection lawyer, was allowed. And we hope that individuals will reserve judgment till all of the info are recognized.”
The night time of the sleepover, Meyden was extremely concerned within the ladies’ actions, and took them to get their nails executed and picked up pizza for dinner, in response to the affidavit.
The ladies spent most of their time within the basement, the place they had been having a “spa night time,” the affidavit stated.
Earlier than the 4 ladies went to mattress, Meyden made them smoothies. The ladies, together with Meyden’s daughter, had been all served two smoothies every in milkshake-style glasses, the affidavit stated.
“Mr. Meyden particularly gave every of the ladies particular coloured reusable straws to differentiate their very own drink. Mr. Meyden was adamant that the ladies drink out of their very own cups,” the affidavit stated.
One lady drank two cups, and one other lady drank one cup and a 3rd stated she didn’t just like the smoothies and barely drank any in any respect. It was unclear what number of smoothies Meyden’s daughter drank, however one lady instructed police it seemed to be a big quantity, the affidavit stated.
In accordance with the affidavit, two ladies slept on a pull-out sofa within the basement, whereas two others slept in a bed room within the basement. The third lady, who didn’t drink a lot of the smoothie, reported that Meyden got here downstairs greater than as soon as. She had been sleeping shut to a different lady and stated Meyden tried to bodily separate the 2, the doc acknowledged.
After Meyden went again upstairs, the third lady, frightened for her good friend who had been sleeping closely, once more pulled near her, the affidavit stated.
Meyden returned a second repeatedly tried to separate the ladies from one another. He additionally put his finger beneath the nostril of the lady who pretended to be sleeping “as if to see if she was soundly asleep, he then waved his hand in entrance of her face,” she instructed police, in response to the affidavit.
Meyden then went exterior by means of a sliding glass door and the lady frantically started calling and texting her mother and father and buddies to choose her up.
“Mother please decide me up and say I had a household emergency. I don’t really feel secure. I may not reply however please come get me,” one of many texts stated, in response to the affidavit. “Please. Please decide up. Please. PLEASE!!”
The lady was finally capable of attain a household good friend, who picked her up and took her to her dwelling. Finally two mother and father went to Mayden’s dwelling to get the opposite two ladies, however Meyden was reluctant to allow them to go away, the affidavit stated.
A woman who instructed police she drank two smoothies stated she started to really feel woozy, scorching and clumsy, shortly after ending the second smoothie. She stated she “blacked out” and slipped right into a “thick, deep sleep” she by no means skilled earlier than, the affidavit stated.
