MIAMI (WSVN) – A Miami woman has bonded out of jail after, police said, she was arrested for allegedly selling marijuana edibles to a student, which led to other students experiencing THC overdoses.
7News cameras captured Thalia Aceves as she walked out of the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in West Miami-Dade, Thursday night. She declined to comment on her charges while she attempted to cover her face.
A small tattoo with the word “love” is scribbled right below the 22-year-old’s neck, but City of Miami Police detectives said the word is hardly representative of what she was doing.
Investigators said Aceves was arrested for the sale, delivery and possession of cannabis and contributing to the delinquency of a child.
Detectives said the suspect sold marijuana edibles to a student off campus. The child brought the edibles to the school and distributed them to other students.
Police said they and Miami Fire Rescue units were called to Citrus Grove Middle and Elementary schools on Wednesday due to multiple students, ranging from ages 9 to 13, being transported to the hospital for THC overdoses.
Investigators said staff at the school noticed eight children “raging.”
A parent speaking in Spanish said that what happened at Citrus Grove, where his daughter is a sixth grade student, concerns him.
“It is worrisome,” he said.
The aunt of a 9-year-old student was shocked that someone would target children with drugs.
“You don’t do that. You don’t sell drugs to kids. That’s terrible,” said the woman, who asked not to be identified.
Miami Police Chief Manuel Morales reacted to Wednesday’s incident.
“Anytime the health of a child is at risk, we take it extremely seriously,” he said. “Miami Fire Rescue acted in the best interest of the children and transported them directly to the hospital to get medical treatment.”
The student’s aunt said they received a phone call about the incident.
“The school called that some kids — they didn’t say what — introduced some candy, but they didn’t say what type of candy,” she said.
As for her niece, the woman said, school officials were not notifying students.
“She didn’t even know exactly what happened. She was in class, and I asked her, and she was like just, ‘Oh, they didn’t give too much information,’” she said.
Detectives with the police department’s Special Investigations Section Narcotics Unit were able to locate and arrest Aceves along the 900 block of Southwest Ninth Street after they posed as the student to whom she sold the edibles looking to buy more.
According to an arrest report, during a search of her vehicle, police seized a total of 50 suspected cannabis-infused vape cartridges, 244 grams of marijuana, two packs of cannabis-infused edibles and $400.
“The danger, inherently, especially when it comes to younger children that have a lower weight, is that it impacts them a little stronger than it would an adult, obviously,” said Morales.
Aceves admitted to police that she sold marijuana for the last two years and was aware she had been selling THC products to minors.
Morales encouraged parents to talk to their children.
“Be engaged, be in touch, be intrusive. Find out what your kids are doing,” he said.
Aceves’ next court appearance has been scheduled for Dec. 2.
H/T: WSVN
