An Oregon man accused of spiking smoothies with sedatives and giving them to his daughter’s pre-teen mates has been charged with a number of felonies, based on courtroom paperwork.
Michael Meyden, 57, of Lake Oswego, allegedly drugged three of his daughter’s mates whereas they slept over on the evening of Aug. 25, 2023, based on courtroom paperwork and a possible trigger affidavit filed this week in Clackamas County.
The women, all 12 years previous, have been hospitalized and examined constructive for benzodiazepine, described within the affidavit as a drug sometimes prescribed for anxiousness, with frequent prescriptions underneath the names Valium, Xanax and Klonopin. Benzodiazepines are a depressant that produces sedation, sleepiness and a relaxed temper, the affidavit stated.
The affidavit, which was written by a Lake Oswego police detective, didn’t specify why Meyden allegedly served the youngsters spiked smoothies.
Meyden is charged with three felony counts of inflicting one other individual to ingest a managed substance, three felony counts of making use of a schedule IV managed substance to the physique of a minor and three misdemeanor counts of delivering to a minor a schedule IV managed substance, courtroom information present.
His legal professional, Mark Cogan, stated his shopper turned himself in Tuesday to the Clackamas County Jail following a grand jury indictment. He was arraigned Wednesday and pleaded not responsible. Bail was issued at $50,000, which Meyden has posted, Cogan stated.
“Mr. Meyden is presumed harmless,” Cogan stated by telephone Friday afternoon. “We’ve not seen the proof. The indictment was issued by a grand jury behind closed doorways the place no choose, no protection legal professional, was allowed. And we hope that folks will reserve judgment till all of the details are recognized.”
The evening of the sleepover, Meyden was extremely concerned within the women’ actions, and took them to get their nails executed and picked up pizza for dinner, based on the affidavit.
The women spent most of their time within the basement, the place they have been having a “spa evening,” the affidavit stated.
Earlier than the 4 women went to mattress, Meyden made them smoothies. The women, together with Meyden’s daughter, have been all served two smoothies every in milkshake-style glasses, the affidavit stated.
“Mr. Meyden particularly gave every of the women particular coloured reusable straws to differentiate their very own drink. Mr. Meyden was adamant that the women drink out of their very own cups,” the affidavit stated.
One woman drank two cups, and one other woman drank one cup and a 3rd stated she didn’t just like the smoothies and barely drank any in any respect. It was unclear what number of smoothies Meyden’s daughter drank, however one woman informed police it seemed to be a major quantity, the affidavit stated.
In line with the affidavit, two women slept on a pull-out sofa within the basement, whereas two others slept in a bed room within the basement. The third woman, who didn’t drink a lot of the smoothie, reported that Meyden got here downstairs greater than as soon as. She had been sleeping shut to a different woman and stated Meyden tried to bodily separate the 2, the doc said.
After Meyden went again upstairs, the third woman, frightened for her pal who had been sleeping closely, once more pulled near her, the affidavit stated.
Meyden returned a second again and again tried to separate the women from one another. He additionally put his finger beneath the nostril of the woman who pretended to be sleeping “as if to see if she was soundly asleep, he then waved his hand in entrance of her face,” she informed police, based on the affidavit.
Meyden then went outdoors by means of a sliding glass door and the woman frantically started calling and texting her dad and mom and mates to select her up.
“Mother please choose me up and say I had a household emergency. I don’t really feel secure. I won’t reply however please come get me,” one of many texts stated, based on the affidavit. “Please. Please choose up. Please. PLEASE!!”
The woman was ultimately capable of attain a household pal, who picked her up and took her to her residence. Finally two dad and mom went to Mayden’s residence to get the opposite two women, however Meyden was reluctant to allow them to go away, the affidavit stated.
A lady who informed police she drank two smoothies stated she started to really feel woozy, scorching and clumsy, shortly after ending the second smoothie. She stated she “blacked out” and slipped right into a “thick, deep sleep” she by no means skilled earlier than, the affidavit stated.