According to Fairborn police, officers on Nov. 17 were called to an address in the 1600 block of Superior Avenue on a report of a child found not breathing. Mixon, police said, told them his daughter had been in a hospital recently battling pneumonia.
Medics administered Narcan and the child responded to that treatment.
A subsequent drug screen of the child's urine turned up a narcotic, according to police, and a blood test on Mixon turned up a positive reading for norfentanyl, a metabolite found in fentanyl.
Two weeks later, another drug screen on the child returned positive results for Pramadol (a strong opioid-type painkiller) and norfentanyl, according to police.
Mixon told police he believed the child was exposed to narcotics when he picked her up after handling a capsule containing heroin residue he found in his vehicle. He said a friend had been in the vehicle ingesting heroin.
The child's mother told police Mixon's version of events was not true.
Mixon remained in jail Friday afternoon with bond set at $25,000. There is a hearing in the criminal case against him scheduled for Dec. 13.
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