Taft Police investigate after child tests positive for meth

Taft Police are investigating after a toddler from Taft tested positive for methamphetamine in a Bakersfield hospital.

The two-year-old girl, whose name was not released, was taken to the hospital Wednesday after "displaying bizarre symptoms and behavior," Lt. Pete Aranda said.

The child's condition was not known Thursday morning.

Officers were sent to a home on the 300 block of Woodrow Street where the child to check the welfare of other children in the home where the two-year-old victim had been living.

Officers responded shortly after 7 p.m. Wednesday and spoke with the girls father and other adults in the home and Aranda said none showed any signs of being under the influence of a drug, and a search of the home turned up no evidence of methamphetamine.

Aranda said officers are still trying to contact one more person in connection with the case.