Ohio mother arrested for contaminating her own child’s hospital drip with feces, cops say

A mother has been arrested for allegedly contaminating an IV line with feces while her child was hospitalized.

Tiffany Le Sueur, 35, was arrested on Monday in Columbus, Ohio, after hospital staff alleged they saw her injecting a ‘foreign substance’ into her baby’s IV line using a syringe.

She faces a third-degree felony charge of endangering children with a special circumstance of torture and cruel abuse, according to Franklin County Court Records.

A criminal complaint obtained by the Columbus Dispatch said that Le Sueur was at Nationwide Children’s Hospital while her baby was being treated when the horrific sequence of events began.

Hospital staff first noted potential child abuse on Friday and contacted the Physical Abuse Unit at the Columbus Police Department.

Police advised that all future visits at the hospital would be monitored for the child’s safety.

However, two days later, staff reported that they saw Le Sueur on video surveillance footage going to the bathroom with a cup and coming out with what appeared to be fecal matter, according to the detective’s interviews noted in the criminal complaint.

Le Sueur was then accused of taking a syringe and injecting the feces into the IV line connected to her baby’s top left hand.

Tiffany Le Sueur is pictured with her family in a social media post shared in 2023. She has been accused of contaminating her child’s hospital IV with fecal matter

Le Sueur was arrested in Ohio on Monday. She’s pictured with three babies in a post shared on social media

Le Sueur shared a photo of two children in a hospital bed on January 24. It’s unclear what her baby was being treated for and their current condition

Police apprehended the mother at the hospital, and staff treated her baby. Nationwide ha not released the child’s condition due to federal patient privacy laws.

Le Sueur shared a Facebook post that appeared to be of one of her children from a hospital on January 24.

According to her social media profiles, she seems to have four children and lost a premature baby in 2022.

Le Sueur was arraigned in Franklin County Municipal Court on February 9 and has been incarcerated at the James A Karnes Detention Facility, according to court records.

Le Sueur has been incarcerated at James A Karnes Detention Facility in Ohio. She was arraigned on Monday

Social media posts indicate that Le Sueur has multiple children and a husband. Her family has not spoken publicly about the charges against her. She is pictured with children in a social media post in October 2023

A judge set her bond on February 10 at $250,000. She has been ordered not to possess firearms, consume alcohol or drugs, and stay away from minors as additional conditions when released on bond.

Her next court date is set for February 19, according to booking records. It is unclear if she has retained representation in the case.