A Pennsylvania mother of two is accused of getting her teenage daughter hooked on heroin and injecting her with the drug hundreds of times when she was too weak to do it herself.
Authorities say that Brandi Baumgardner, 38, of Beaver Springs, began smoking marijuana with her daughter when the girl was 12 years old, The Daily Item reports.
The girl, whose name is being withheld due to the nature of the case, told police that she began using harder drugs, like heroin, when she was 14.
The now 14-year-old says that she has abused prescription pills and crack cocaine, in addition to heroin and marijuana.
Baumgardner allegedly injected the child with heroin about 200 times when she was too “sick” to do it by herself.
A 22-year-old Beaver Springs man is also accused of shooting the teen up — in exchange for sex.
The girl says that Robert Thomas Hannick gave her suboxone, a drug prescribed for opioid dependence.
Hannick denied that he provided the girl with drugs, authorities said.
It is unclear how Hannick came into contact with the teen, or what connection, if any, he has to Baumgardner.
