A Putnam woman who state police found passed out in a home was arrested after troopers found a child covered in flies and bug bites, with drug paraphernalia nearby, according to state police.
Police said they went to an East Putnam home just before 10 a.m. Thursday while investigating an earlier disturbance and found a door damaged.
No one answered responded to troopers, but they went inside after seeing a young child who was wearing an overflowing diaper and was covered in bug bites and flies, according to the state police Troop D Quality of Life Task Force.
When troopers went inside to check on the child, they saw drug paraphernalia within the child's reach, according to the state police.
Kristen Corey, 37, of Putnam was found passed out in a nearby bedroom and state police tried to wake her. She was later arrested and charged with risk of injury to a child and possession of drug paraphernalia and held on a $50,000.
The state Department of Children and Families opened their own investigation and took custody of the child. It's not clear what Corey's relationship is to the child.
NBC Connecticut has reached out to state police for additional information.
