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The Oregonianreports that Meyden was a former human resources director. He now lives in Vancouver, Wash., according to localKIRO7.
Meyden was indicted last week on nine felony and misdemeanor charges, including causing another person to ingest a controlled substance, the Lake Oswego Police Department said in a news release.
Meyden posted bail, which was set at $50,000, and he pleaded not guilty, according toThe Oregonian. Meyden turned himself in to local police last Thursday.
The affidavit claims that later, when the girls went to bed, one of the girls who secretly did not finish her drink saw Meyden come downstairs and perform tests to see if the girls were sleeping, including putting a finger under one of their noses and waving a hand in front of her face, according to the affidavit.
Mayden made repeated trips to the basement to check on the girls, according to the affidavit.
Shortly after, the girl’s parents arrived to pick their daughter up and alerted other parents to tell them they should pick their children up as well. Police spoke with the girls at the hospital where they were treated later that morning.
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Police said in the affidavit that officers arrived at the hospital and said one of the 12-year-old girls “walked slowly and used the assistance of her mother for balance, her eyelids were heavy, and she spoke slowly.” Another girl could not walk without assistance when her parents picked her up that night, repeating “what happened,” police said.
Lake Oswego Police later determined that Meyden allegedly “was responsible for the drugs detected in the girls’ bloodstreams,”according tothe department.
Meyden’s attorney Mark Cogan toldThe Oregonianhis client “is presumed innocent and we hope that people will reserve judgment until all of the facts and circumstances are known.”
source: people.com
