Oklahoma City mom put gin in baby's bottle, say police

(CBS/KWTV) OKLAHOMA CITY - An Oklahoma City mother was arrested after police said she gave her 2-month-old child gin.

Officers were called to a home in northwest Oklahoma City on Thursday in reference to an infant ingesting alcohol.

When they arrived, paramedics were on the scene and had placed the infant on a stretcher. The officer could smell the odor of an alcoholic beverage while standing outside the rear doors of the ambulance, according to a police report obtained by CBS affiliate KWTV.

Rayniqua Poole, 18, told officers that when she prepared her child's bottle that morning, she mistakenly used gin instead of water to mix the powdered formula. She went back to sleep after giving her child the bottle, and it was only when she woke up and checked the water bottle again that she realized her mistake.

Poole said she had friends over the day before who had brought some gin. Poole claimed the gin was in the same type of bottle she used to keep water for her child's formula.

According to the police report, officers also smelled a strong odor of marijuana when Poole was placed in the patrol car.

Officers told Poole her child would be okay, so she could stop crying, and she responded by saying, "That's not what I'm worried about."

KWTV reports that Poole was booked into the Oklahoma County jail on one complaint of child neglect. The child was placed in DHS custody.