Parents arrested after 4-year-old left alone, ate THC gummy and placed in ICU in Scott
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- Scott Police arrested Mary Cormier, 36, and David Butt, 34, after the parents allegedly left their 4-year-old alone following consumption of a THC gummy (per nypost.com).
- Officers said the parents left the four-year-old with another juvenile child instead of seeking medical attention (per nypost.com).
- Police said the parents knowingly left the child despite knowing the tot consumed a cannabis-infused product and had been gone to attend an LSU football game (per nypost.com).
Scott Police arrested Mary Cormier, 36, and David Butt, 34, after officers say their 4-year-old was found unresponsive at home following ingestion of a THC gummy.
Police allege the couple left the child alone for about eight hours and left him in the care of another juvenile so they could attend a Louisiana State University football game, rather than seeking medical attention (per nypost.com).
According to a police statement reported by nypost.com, officers were informed the parents had knowledge the child had consumed a cannabis-infused product and nonetheless left the residence; the child was discovered unresponsive on Saturday and transported to an area hospital, where the child remains in an intensive care unit (per nypost.com).
The outlet reports the parents were arrested after that discovery (per nypost.com).
The reporting attributes the sequence — ingestion, the parents’ departure, discovery unresponsive, hospital ICU admission, and arrest — to Scott Police statements; the article does not include direct quotes from Cormier or Butt, nor does it provide medical details about the child’s condition beyond ICU placement (per nypost.com).
The only specifics available publicly in this report are the parents’ names, ages, and the claim that they prioritized attending the LSU game over obtaining medical care (per nypost.com).
This case sits at the intersection of child welfare and criminal neglect statutes: authorities commonly assess whether parents exercised reasonable care after a known ingestion and whether leaving a child with a juvenile caregiver meets legal standards.
The article offers no information on pending charges, court dates, or whether investigators will seek medical toxicology results or a child-protective services assessment (per nypost.com).
Local prosecutors and child-welfare officials will determine next steps; nypost.com does not report any scheduled arraignment or additional statements from Scott Police, medical staff, or the parents’ legal representatives (per nypost.com).
The limited public record in this story means key procedural details — formal charges, evidentiary findings, and the child’s medical prognosis — remain unreported in the source available.
- Concrete costs fall on the 4-year-old: the child was found unresponsive and is in an intensive care unit after ingesting a THC gummy (per nypost.com).
- Local public safety and child-welfare systems will bear investigative and care costs: Scott Police arrested the parents and hospitals provided ICU care (per nypost.com).
- The event puts legal exposure on Mary Cormier and David Butt: police allege they knowingly left the child with another juvenile instead of seeking medical attention (per nypost.com).
- Parents who attend events while a young child is impaired may benefit socially from attending the LSU game, but face legal and reputational costs if authorities pursue neglect charges (per nypost.com).
- Whether prosecutors file formal neglect or child-endangerment charges against Mary Cormier and David Butt and the specific charges they bring (per nypost.com).
- Whether Scott Police or the hospital release medical toxicology results or an updated medical prognosis for the child by the next court filing deadline (per nypost.com).
- Whether an arraignment or detention hearing for Cormier and Butt is scheduled and held in local court within the coming weeks (per nypost.com).
Left- and right-leaning outlets are covering this story differently — in which facts to emphasize, which context to include, and how to frame causes and consequences.
7 specific areas where coverage diverges — see below.
- Only one outlet (nypost.com) provided the available framing: that the parents knowingly left the child to attend an LSU football game and were arrested after the child was found unresponsive.
- No source disputes any detail; the single-source package leaves unverified elements such as the precise duration the child was alone, medical cause of unresponsiveness, and exact charges pending.
- No source mentions prior medical conditions of the child, toxicology test results, the exact criminal charges or statutes under consideration, any statements from prosecutors or defense counsel, or whether child-protective services opened a case.
- nypost.com reports the parents’ ages as 36 (Mary Cormier) and 34 (David Butt) and identifies the child as 4 years old; no other outlet figures are available to compare.
- The source asserts the causal sequence (child ate THC gummy → parents left for LSU game → child found unresponsive → arrested) based on Scott Police statements; no independent medical or third-party confirmation of timing or causation is provided.
- All factual attributions in the reporting are to Scott Police and the nypost.com article; the parents’ perspective or medical sources are not included.