Mother charged with dosing 9-month-old with methadone

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A 24-year-old Shasta County woman is facing a felony child abuse charge after allegedly feeding her infant daughter liquid methadone for months. Melissa Martyn Mayberry pleaded not guilty at her arraignment in Shasta County Superior Court Tuesday. According to police documents, Mayberry said she would never give "something so strong" to her daughter, now 15 months old. But she was charged with child abuse in connection with a June 29 incident, when her sister took the baby after Mayberry allegedly said she'd been feeding the girl drops of methadone, police documents said.
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