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Toddler Hospitalized After Cocaine Exposure
26 Jul
Summary
- A 2-year-old boy was found with cocaine in his system.
- Alexander Moles, 39, was arrested and charged with endangerment.
- The child was administered naloxone and hospitalized.
A 2-year-old boy was hospitalized after being found with cocaine in his system on July 20. Emergency services responded to a call about a sick child and found Alexander Moles, 39, driving the child to the hospital due to breathing difficulties. Paramedics administered naloxone, and the child was transported to Cooper University Hospital.
A subsequent preliminary blood test revealed cocaine. A joint investigation by Wildwood Police and the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office Special Victims Unit was launched. Moles was vacationing in Wildwood when the child became ill.
Moles was arrested on July 21, charged with child endangerment and cocaine possession, and lodged in the Cape May Correctional Facility. He was released on July 24, following his detention hearing, under specific conditions. The investigation into the incident remains active.
