Glendale Police Department
Roubena Hartounian, 50, was arrested Wednesday for child neglect and endangerment at Bina's Family Child Care.
A Californian woman's mice-dropping infested day care center was shut down after a toddler in her care was hospitalized for marijuana use, authorities said.
Roubena Hartounian, 50, was arrested Wednesday for child neglect and endangerment at Bina's Family Child Care. The building was determined
uninhabitable and contained marijuana pipes, said Sgt. Tom Lorenz of the Glendale Police Department.
"We are still trying to determine whether the marijuana was consumed there … if we can make that connection," Lorenz told the Daily News.
The 2-year-old girl's parents dropped her off at the day care in La Crescenta on Tuesday morning. But when they picked her up later that day she was unresponsive, police said.
Roubena Hartounian ran Bina's Family Child Care out of this home in La Crescenta, Calif.
The parents took their daughter to a nearby hospital about midnight where she tested positive for THC, the active ingredient in cannabis that produces psychoactive effects.
"They learned that the last person to have the kid in their care, aside from the parents, was at the day care facility," Lorenz said.
The following day, police went to the center and waited for Hartounian to show up so they could serve a search warrant. She arrived about 6:30 a.m.
"Code enforcement officials came out to the property, and yellow tagged it as uninhabitable," Lorenz said.
Police say that the house was left in utter squalor.
He said the building did not have functioning toilets or electricity and that the shabby kitchen was littered with dirty dishes and improperly stored knives.
"Food was not properly cared for and there were knives on the counter that kids could get to," he said.
Hartounian posted a $100,000 bond.
Detectives are continuing to investigate the case.
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