- Four adults received probation and court-ordered rehab after a baby ingested drugs.
- The baby tested positive for meth and fentanyl, leading to hospitalization.
- The adults were convicted of various drug possession and child endangerment charges.
OGDEN — More than a year after an 11-month-old baby was hospitalized from symptoms of drug exposure, the four adults involved have been sentenced to probation and drug rehabilitation programs.
On April 24, 2024, a lethargic child who was vomiting was brought to McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden by mother Amelia June Olsen, police said. A toxicology test showed the child tested positive for methamphetamine and fentanyl, according to court documents.
"Amelia said there were fentanyl pills on the ground in the basement, and she was concerned the child may have come in contact with them," a police booking affidavit stated. Olsen, 40, later admitted to smoking meth in her residence while her children were present, police stated.
Ogden police were alerted and executed a search warrant on the child's residence. Once in the home, officers met a 4-year-old child, along with Alexandr Denisko, 42; Angela Peterson Busker, 50; and Philip Todd Stevens, 53. Each of them admitted to smoking meth around the two children, according to a police booking affidavit.
Police said the 4-year-old child did not exhibit signs of drug exposure.
Police located a large quantity of methamphetamine, Percocet, fentanyl and Xanax in the house, along with six rifles and two pistols, and drug paraphernalia.
Denisko was identified as the one in possession of the drugs and guns, police said. Denisko was booked into jail and charged in 2nd District Court with 16 counts of various charges, including drug possession, child endangerment and possession of a firearm by a restricted person.
Sentences
Denisko pleaded guilty in January to fentanyl possession with intent to distribute, a first-degree felony; drug possession with intent to distribute and child endangerment resulting in bodily injury, second-degree felonies; child endangerment and three counts of possession of a firearm by a restricted person, third-degree felonies. The other nine charges were dismissed as part of the plea agreement.
Denisko was sentenced last month to no less than five years for the fentanyl possession, one to 15 years for the child endangerment resulting in injury and drug possession, and up to five years for the other four charges.
The court, however, decided to suspend Denisko's prison sentence and placed him on probation for four years, according to court documents. Denisko has been enrolled in "family drug court" since August, court documents show, and he is ordered to complete the program during probation.
Busker and Stevens were both charged with two counts of endangerment of a child, a third-degree felony, and possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor. Busker was also charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, a class B misdemeanor.
Busker pleaded guilty in September 2024 to one count of child endangerment and drug possession and was sentenced to no jail time if she successfully completed drug treatment during her three years of court-ordered probation. Stevens pleaded guilty to drug possession in December and was sentenced to a year on probation.
Olsen was charged with endangerment of a child resulting in injury, a second-degree felony; endangerment of a child, two counts of possession of a controlled substance and obstructing justice, third-degree felonies; and possession of drug paraphernalia, a class B misdemeanor.
She pleaded guilty in September 2024 to child endangerment resulting in injury, obstruction of justice and possession of a controlled substance. She was sentenced in December to serve 364 days in prison, with credit for the 230 days she had already served in jail. In April, she was transferred to a rehabilitation center. She will also be on probation for four years, according to court documents.
