for repeatedly injecting her 14-year-old
daughter and another teen with heroin,
prosecutors said Monday, October 6. The
Chester County district attorney's office
alleged that the Philadelphia woman supplied
the 14-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy with
heroin and injected them multiple times last month.
She also tied a string around their arms to
hide their veins.
Riffey was charged with corruption of minors,
endangering the welfare of children and
drug delivery.
She was jailed in lieu of $50,000 pending
a preliminary hearing Friday. Prosecutors
also alleged that Riffey's boyfriend supplied
heroin for the teens to snort. He has been
charged separately with drug dealing and
other offences.
District Attorney Thomas Hogan said the
family lived in a trailer in which numerous
people were using heroin. He said the mother
was supposed to be caring for and protecting
her daughter and instead exposed her to the
drug and enabled her use of it.
"It's hard to make that leap as a parent,
to think how you end up in that position," Hogan said.
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