Eddington woman charged in infant overdose case wanted again on new drug charges
Brittany Wood, who served on the RSU 63 school board when she was first arrested, was out on bail when a deputy seized suspected drugs during a traffic stop Sunday, the sheriff's office said.
EDDINGTON, Maine — An Eddington woman who was on the area school board when she was arrested over an infant's drug overdose in May is wanted again, this time on drug and evidence charges, the Penobscot County Sheriff's Office said.
The sheriff's office is asking for the public's help finding Brittany Wood, 36, who is wanted on an active arrest warrant.
A sheriff's deputy pulled over a car involving Wood on Nov. 8, the sheriff's office said. During the investigation, the deputy seized suspected illegal drugs and stopped Wood from destroying potential evidence, according to the sheriff's office.
Over the next two days, further investigation and testing confirmed the seized substances were illegal drugs, the sheriff's office said. Deputies tried several times to get Wood to turn herself in, but she did not, and a warrant was issued charging her with unlawful possession of scheduled drugs, falsifying physical evidence and violation of conditions of release.
Wood was out on bail in connection with a May 31 incident in Eddington in which an infant reportedly overdosed on drugs, according to the sheriff's office. In that case, she was arrested on charges of domestic violence aggravated assault, a Class B felony, and endangering the welfare of a child, a Class D crime.
The infant was Wood's 9-month-old daughter, Fox Bangor and NBC Boston reported. The baby went into cardiac arrest and was revived with CPR and two doses of naloxone, the Bangor Daily News reported.
Wood also failed to surrender in that case. In July, the sheriff's office asked the public for help locating her, and she was arrested in Brewer several days later after a multi-agency search, according to the sheriff's office and news reports.
"That's our position here in this case, that the mother was reckless in the care of her infant and as a result the baby almost died," Penobscot County District Attorney Christopher Almy told Fox Bangor in July.
At the time of her first arrest, Wood was a member of the Regional School Unit 63 school board, representing Eddington, according to multiple news reports. RSU 63 serves Eddington, Clifton and Holden. The Maine Wire described her this week as a former board member, while NBC Boston reported Tuesday that she was still listed on the board's website.
The charges against Wood are allegations, and she is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
Anyone with information about Wood's whereabouts is asked to call the Penobscot County Sheriff's Office at 207-947-4585 or submit a tip through the sheriff's office mobile app.