Ashleigh Smith, 30, and Timothy Carter, 33, were indicted in Clark County Common Pleas Court on charges of felonious assault, obstructing justice and child endangering.
According to the affidavit, the two brought the unresponsive child into the hospital on Oct. 28.
“We were advised the uncle Timothy Carter and aunt Ashleigh Smith brought (the child) in. Tim has custody of the child,” the affidavit said. “The child was stabilized and transported to Dayton Children’s Hospital by CareFlight.”
Carter and Smith said the girl was “running around with two younger children in the house and fell and hit her head on the coffee table in the living room’' and neither adult saw the child fall, according to the affidavit.
“They checked (the child) out and she was okay. After it happened she sat on the couch, ate and watched television. About an hour and half later they laid her down for a nap and checked on her every 30-45 minutes,” the affidavit said. “She was fine when they checked on her and even asked for water.”
A short time later, Carter left for work and received a call from Smith saying something was wrong with the girl, the affidavit said. They then took her to Springfield Regional Medical Center.
Clark County Sheriff’s deputies interviewed the child’s doctor at Dayton Children’s concerning “the severe head trauma,” the child had when brought into the ER.
“I was advised the statements are not consistent with the ability to eat and drink water as reported by Ashleigh and Tim,” the affidavit said. “He advised (child) would have shown symptoms immediately.”
As of Wednesday morning, both Smith and Carter were not listed as inmates in the Clark County Jail. Court dates for the two have not yet been scheduled.
Others indicted include:
David Baker, 46, of Springfield: aggravated possession of drugs, possession of cocaine, two counts of receiving stolen property.
Devonte Bullard, 29: failure to comply with order or signal of police officer.
Trevor Cockran, 48: trafficking in marijuana, possession of marijuana.
Regan Foster, 23: engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, complicity to aggravated trafficking in drugs, complicity to aggravated trafficking in a fentanyl-related compound, possession of criminal tools.
Christopher Johns, 44, of Springfield: domestic violence.
Paul Johnson, 38, of Springfield: gross sexual imposition.
Vince Putman, 37, of Springfield: receiving stolen property.
Demon Ramey, 48: trafficking in cocaine, possession of cocaine, having weapons under disability, trafficking in marijuana, possession of marijuana.
Donald Ramey, 49: trafficking in marijuana, possession of marijuana.
Christy Stiltner, 23, of Springfield: aggravated possession of drugs.
Robert Whitt, 31, of Springfield: aggravated possession of drugs.
Stacey Wood, 42, of Springfield: aggravated possession of drugs, possession of fentanyl-related compound.
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