US man arrested for drugging 12-year-old daughter’s friend at slumber party

Benzodiazepines are depressants that slow down the nervous system.

A 57-year-old man in the United States has been accused of drugging his daughter’s friends and giving them smoothies containing sedatives.according to a report new york postMichael Meyden was arrested after one of three 12-year-old girls alerted her mother via text message in the middle of the night.

Reports show the girl texted her mother at 1:45 a.m. with a desperate plea for help and to be rescued from her home in Lake Oswego, south of Portland.

The report quoted the 12-year-old’s text message as saying: “Mom please come pick me up and say I have a family emergency. I don’t feel safe. I may not respond but please come to me (crying emoji), please.” Please pick up. Please. Please!!.”

Mr. Michael turned himself in at the Clackamas County Jail on Wednesday, according to Lake Oswego police. Previously, a grand jury issued an indictment charging Michael with multiple felonies and misdemeanors stemming from a sleepover last August 26.

Officials did not speculate on any motive, the report said.

However, one possible reason Affidavit obtained by Oregon Live It was established that Mr Michael mixed mango smoothies with benzodiazepines and served them to his daughter’s friends.

It added that benzodiazepines are depressants that slow down the nervous system.

this Oregon Live Report It is also claimed that Mr Michael faces charges including causing another person to ingest a controlled substance and applying a controlled substance to the body of another person.

Mr Michael’s lawyer Mark Cogan reportedly said he had not seen any evidence in the case. Mr Cogan said: “Mr Maiden is presumed innocent and we ask people to reserve judgment until all the facts and circumstances are known.”

However, in the emergency room at Legacy Emanuel Randall Children’s Hospital in Portland, three girls tested positive for benzodiazepines.

The New York Post report said the girls told police they watched a movie and “got facials” during the sleepover before Mr Michael prepared smoothies and “insisted them drink them”.

Their drinks “had little white bits in them, sprinkled on top,” and Mr. Michael continued to ask them to drink it, even though one said she didn’t like her drink, the affidavit states.

After that, Mr. Michael made several trips to the basement where the girls slept.

He also moved one of the girls’ arms and moved her body onto the bed, according to the affidavit. She “kept awake worrying about what Mr Maiden might do to her friend”.

Another girl said she felt “dizzy, hot and clumsy” after drinking the smoothie. She mentioned then passing out and falling into a “‘deep sleep’ that she had never experienced before,” according to the affidavit.

After one of the girls was rescued, her parents immediately called the families of the other girls to take them home.

When other parents arrived around 3 a.m., Michael refused to let the girls go home, according to authorities.

Mr. Michael pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Clackamas County Circuit Court and was set on $50,000 bail.