A Rock Island man has been sentenced to a year in prison in connection to a drug overdose that led to the hospitalization of his child.

The 366-day sentence was handed down to 31-year-old Michael Ward Holmes by Judge Robert Jourdan in Chelan County Superior Court on Monday (Nov. 3).

The sentence came after Holmes entered a guilty plea last month to charges of manufacturing a controlled substance.

Prosecutors say Holmes produced psilocybin at his residence and was also found in possession of roughly 100 grams of the illegal substance during a search of the property in September, 2023.

The Wenatchee Police Department says the search was conducted after a 9-1-1 call requesting aid for his child, who had ingested psilocybin and was suffering from an overdose of the drug.

The child was tra

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