Gina Tipton arrested for neglect of dependents, resisting, disorderly conduct

After city police were dispatched for a welfare check, a Plymouth woman was arrested for neglect of a dependent, resisting law enforcement, and disorderly conduct. 

Officers with the Plymouth Police Department were dispatched to 1311 West Jefferson Street, Apartment #602, on Monday at about 9:45 p.m., to check on a 19-month-old child's welfare.

Officers made contact with the mother, 41-year-old Gina Tipton. Tipton answered the door for officers and appeared to be very intoxicated. The police report said she had a hard time standing.

Police advised Tipton that they were there to check on her son because she had called multiple hospitals asking how much medicine to give her child that is sick. Tipton said she had taken her child to Urgent Care earlier in the day. While talking to Tipton more, she told officers that her son had stopped breathing in the morning hours, and another child said she didn't think mom ever took him to Urgent Care.

Officers gave Gina Tipton a Portable Breath Test (PBT), and she blew a .271 BAC. While officers were there, her intoxication level appeared to be going up. The officer also gave her a Sotoxa test, and it showed she had Cannabis in her system as well.

The Department of Child Services was requested to make the scene.

Tipton was arrested for neglecting a dependent, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct. She was transported to Plymouth Hospital for medical clearance and then to the Marshall County Jail, where she was booked.

The Department of Child Services took custody of the children. The 19-month-old was transported to Plymouth Hospital by Plymouth Medics for further evaluation.

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