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Aunt charged after 1-year-old allegedly smokes ‘weed’ vape

Vianney Alyssa Acosta appears in a booking photo.

Vianney Alyssa Acosta (El Paso County Jail).

A Texas aunt was arrested after her 1-year-old nephew smoked out of her marijuana vape pen, Lone Star State law enforcement say.

Vianney Alyssa Acosta, 20, stands accused of one count each of possession of a controlled substance and child endangerment, according to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office.

It is unclear exactly how much marijuana the child allegedly ingested.

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On May 16, sheriff’s deputies were called by emergency personnel with the fire department to a house on Walker Post Avenue in far-out east El Paso for a 1-year-old boy who was having trouble breathing after “smoking a THC vape,” according to a criminal complaint obtained by El Paso-based NBC affiliate KTSM and the El Paso Times.

The boy was relentlessly crying and “had droopy eyes and was trying to go to sleep,” when deputies arrived, according to the affidavit.

The adults at the scene quickly relayed the relevant details.

The toddler’s father, grandmother and aunt, Acosta, were all at home while his mother was at work on the day in question.

The grandmother said that when she went to the bathroom, Acosta heard the child coughing and followed the sound to her bedroom, where she found him holding the vape, according to the affidavit.

The grandmother then allegedly apprised the deputies that the vape contained “weed” and belonged to Acosta. When pressed as to whether she knew the younger woman used THC vape pens, the older woman allegedly replied in the affirmative and added: “Well she’s 20.”

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