A Harrison County woman who was on
probation for a drug charge is now accused of child neglect after allegedly taking
illegal prescription drugs, passing out on one of her twin babies and
suffocating him.
Tricia Brooke Moore McCoy, 27, of
Shinnston, and her husband, Clovis Harold McCoy, Jr., 32, were charged with
child neglect resulting in death and child neglect creating a risk of serious
injury or death — both felonies.
Clovis McCoy is accused of
giving Xanax to Tricia Moore and then leaving her alone with the kids,
knowing she was under the influence.
Ms. Moore allegedly told
investigators with the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department she took several
pills before sitting on her bed, last Tuesday, while holding her baby boy who
was three months old.
The other twin, said to be a girl,
was not injured and is now being cared for through Child Protective Services.
If convicted, the McCoys could be sentenced to spend a decade
behind bars.
