5 arrested after 6-year-old girl tests positive for meth, marijuana in York

YORK, Neb. (KSNB) - Five people in York have been arrested after a law enforcement investigation alleging they regularly used narcotics around a child.

According to the York County Sheriff’s Office, a sergeant went to a home on Dec. 5 to serve a civil process paper to Lynn Desantiago, 37.

While there, the sergeant observed a child’s car seat lying on the front porch and spoke with Krystal Desantiago, 38. The sergeant reported smelling burnt marijuana coming from inside the home and saw a child standing in the living room.

About five hours later, York police and deputies served a search warrant on the home to locate marijuana and paraphernalia.

The report states the home smelled heavily of burnt marijuana and cigarette smoke.

“The conditions of the basement were disgusting, as the floor was covered in dirt and grime. It appeared that the residence had not been cleaned in some time,” per law enforcement.

Mouse feces were found throughout the basement, including in a storage basket with blankets right outside a child’s bedroom.

The bathroom toilet was reported to be covered in lime and feces.

A sign on a wall in what is described as Krystal and a child’s room read, “In this house we smoke it, eat it, vape it, and aplly (sic) it we have papers pipes and bongs we use grinders or scissors and roll it up we use CBD to medicate and THC to socialize we use indica to sleep and sativa to get (expletive) done in this house we believe in weed”.

Besides feces, investigators found, according to court records:

• A prescription pill bottle with a torn-off label with 50 tablets of Hydrocodone Bitartrate/Acetaminophen.
• Numerous bottles of medication were prescribed for Katherine Desantiago, but were found in Krystal’s room, where the child slept.
• Two plastic baggies containing approximately 15.5 grams of THC wax
• Two digital scales with marijuana residue scatter throughout
• A marijuana grinder that housed marijuana residue
• Three concentrated cannabis (THC) storage pucks, which contained concentrated cannabis inside
• Three glass pipes
• Two nectar collectors, which are devices used to ingest concentrated cannabis into the human body
• One dab rig, which is used to ingest concentrated cannabis into the human body
• One concentrated cannabis vape cartridge
• Three bongs
• Three plastic containers used for storing marijuana
• A bowl with marijuana residue inside
• A glass jar with marijuana residue inside
• A roller used to prepare joints for consumption
• Twenty-one marijuana roaches, which were housed in a Rubbermaid container
• One pre-rolled joint
• Approximately 5.9 grams of leafed marijuana

Lynn Desantiago told investigators she had smoked marijuana earlier that day and was not sure why Krystal had her mother Katherine’s medication, the affidavit shows.

Krystal Desantiago told investigators she had used marijuana that day but could not provide a time, denied smoking it in the house and denied abusing prescription medication, according to the affidavit. She reportedly said she keeps Katherine’s medication because she is responsible for her care.

Krystal was arrested and booked into the York County Jail on charges of child abuse - no injury, two counts of controlled substance possession, intentionally violating narcotic drug law, and possession of marijuana.

Her next court date is Jan. 7.

Brandon Desantiago, 18, who also lives at the home, was already charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia from Dec. 6. He now also faces a charge of child abuse - no injury.

Antonio Desantiago, 19, Lynn Desantiago, 37, and Katherine Desantiago, 60, who all reside in the home, face charges of child abuse - no injury.

Each suspect had their bond set at $25,000. The child was taken into protective custody and later tested positive for marijuana and meth through a hair sample, according to court records.

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