{"id":215417,"date":"2026-04-02T02:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T02:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/215417\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T02:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T02:14:09","slug":"pinellas-county-father-arrested-on-drug-and-gun-charges-after-infant-overdoses-on-fentanyl-pppd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/215417\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinellas County father arrested on drug and gun charges after infant overdoses on fentanyl: PPPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rayshawn-smith-mug-4.1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article <\/p>\n<p data-v-7d0efd03=\"\">Courtesy: Pinellas Park Police Department <\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">PINELLAS PARK, Fla. &#8211; A felon was arrested in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/pinellas\/pinellas-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> Pinellas Park<\/a> Tuesday after an investigation that began last year for multiple drug crimes, including the near-death of his child who accidentally consumed fentanyl and overdosed, according to the Pinellas Park Police Department.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Police and the Drug Enforcement Administration say Rayshawn Smith, 31, was involved in distributing dangerous drugs over several months in 2025. During that time, Smith\u2019s infant ingested fentanyl in November 2025, requiring emergency medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">On Jan. 14, detectives searched Smith\u2019s home. Officials say detectives seized illegal narcotics, guns and drug paraphernalia.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Smith has been indicted on the following charges:<\/p>\n<p> Distribution of controlled substances resulting in great bodily injuryPossession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crimeDrug distributionFelon in possession of a firearm and ammunition <\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Smith is currently being held at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/pinellas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pinellas County<\/a> Jail.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Police did not provide an update on the infant\u2019s current condition, only saying that it was a near-death experience.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/pinellas\/pinellas-park\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pinellas Park<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Courtesy: Pinellas Park Police Department PINELLAS PARK, Fla. &#8211; A felon was arrested in Pinellas Park Tuesday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[630,47,115,1157,4226,202,204,203,199,201,200,628],"class_list":{"0":"post-215417","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-crime-publicsafety","9":"tag-fl","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-pinellas","12":"tag-pinellas-park","13":"tag-st-pete","14":"tag-st-pete-headlines","15":"tag-st-pete-news","16":"tag-st-petersburg","17":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","18":"tag-st-petersburg-news","19":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}