Infant in critical condition after cocaine found in Myrtle Beach hotel room, police say
An infant is in critical condition after police found cocaine in the parent’s oceanfront hotel room, according to arrest warrants.
Myrtle Beach police officers went to the Camelot Resort, 2000 N. Ocean Blvd, on Sunday for an unresponsive infant. Officers searched the hotel room and found a white powdery substance, which tested positive for cocaine, near the child’s bottle.
The child is in critical condition at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, according to the warrants.
Four other children stayed in the room, according to the report.
Police charged Geames Kena Ratliff and Laquena Lanishia Bostic with five counts each of unlawful neglect of a child and one count of possession of cocaine. Unlawful neglect of a child is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
This story was originally published August 26, 2019 at 7:09 PM.
