Drug abuse

... Daytona Beach News-Journal Online - West Volusia HOME LOCAL BUSINESS SPORTS RACING ENTERTAINMENT LIFESTYLE OPINION SEARCH News-Journal OnlineWeb Fair, 58°F Hum: 90% MARKETPLACE Classifieds Find a job Find a car Find a home Shopping Magazines Buy photos Advertise NEWS Local Florida Nation/World Deaths Business Politics Sports Racing News Technology Environment Weather Opinion Columns Letters Special Reports Noticias en Español Corrections FEATURES & FUN Entertainment Lifestyle People Movies TV Listings Calendar Crossword ONLINE ONLY Beach Cam Traffic Cams Community Photo Galleries NEWS-JOURNAL Contact Us Site Index Customer Service E-mail updates Archives Help WEST VOLUSIA Print This Page Subscribe March 31, 2006 2 face child abuse charges after toddler wanders from home Staff Report DELTONA - Deputies said they didn't have to go far to find the father of a 3-year-old girl who was naked and chasing a cat dangerously close to Normandy Boulevard on Thursday afternoon.Deputies said they found the father, Ronald Lankert, 30, and a roommate asleep in their home with marijuana and drug paraphernalia scattered within easy reach of the toddler.

Neither one realized the girl was missing, deputies said.

Lankert and the roommate, Patrick Emsley, 21, were each charged with two counts of felony child abuse and one count of possession of marijuana under 20 grams.Deputies also found a 2-month-old boy inside the home on the 600 block of East Normandy ...

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