Thomas Parker (left) and Tiffany McCord (right) have been arrested after cops found maggots and drugs in a stroller with their baby (Pictures: Hopkins County Jail)
A couple has been busted after allegedly pushing their baby in a stroller filled with live maggots and drugs.
Tiffany McCord and Thomas Parker were seen walking with the stroller to an abandoned house in Madisonville, Kentucky, according to a police report obtained by WFIE.
Cops responded to a complaint of two ‘suspicious suspects’ with the stroller on West Center Street last Friday.
Officers approached the couple and Parker quickly ran into the home.
Speaking to McCord, officers discovered medication for the baby, drugs, drug paraphernalia in bags strapped to the stroller.
Cops picked up the baby and realized it was sitting on a pile of maggots inside the stroller, the report states.
Officers called an ambulance because the child had medical needs.
McCord claimed that a diaper bag had a lighter, ashtray and a small plastic bag and denied that the other items were hers.
She was arrested at the scene and faces charges including wanton endangerment, drug trafficking and possession of drug paraphernalia.
The next day, cops executed an outstanding warrant for Parker and arrested him.
In an interview with police at Hopkins County Jail, Parker admitted that he is the father of the child and takes care of baby and McCord.
Parker said he was asked to clean up the stroller but only did part of it. He also said none of the drugs in the bag attached to the stroller belonged to him.
He has been booked in the jail and charged with wanton endangerment.
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