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sl8

(16,245 posts)
Wed Jun 12, 2024, 07:25 AM Jun 2024

Oregon man who drugged daughter's friends with insomnia medication at sleepover gets prison term

https://apnews.com/article/oregon-sleepover-girls-drugged-59448423b7a0cca253ed46112c0514ec

Oregon man who drugged daughter’s friends with insomnia medication at sleepover gets prison term

Updated 1:41 PM EDT, June 11, 2024

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man who drugged his daughter and her friends with fruit smoothies laced with a sleeping medication after they didn’t go to bed during a sleepover was sentenced to two years in prison.

Michael Meyden, a 57-year-old from the Portland suburb of Lake Oswego, apologized during his sentencing Monday after pleading guilty to three felony counts of causing another person to ingest a controlled substance, The Oregonian reported.

“My whole life is destroyed,” he told the court. “Everything that was important to me up until that point is gone.”

He said he planned a fun sleepover last summer for his daughter and three of her friends, all then age 12, but they didn’t go to bed by 11 p.m. as he wanted. Meyden said he wanted them well rested for the next day, but he also wanted them to go to bed so he could sleep.

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3Hotdogs

(13,398 posts)
7. Yeah? Well Jesus wasn't even suppose'ta be his name. "Anthropology Today". had an article about the guys
Wed Jun 12, 2024, 09:45 AM
Jun 2024

translating the Dead Sea scrolls. One scroll was translated......

At Herman's Christening, his name was hallowed and was to be Herman of Macedonia. As the priest was sprinkling Holy Water over Herman,

Mary stubbed her toe.....

sanatanadharma

(4,074 posts)
2. Another story of someone with too much 'ME-ness'
Wed Jun 12, 2024, 07:33 AM
Jun 2024

His sleep, his desire that they be rested, his plans for how the youth should enjoy a fun slumber party.
His ruined life.

marble falls

(62,063 posts)
3. I think they missed a few charges for lack of evidence. This is beyond sick. Two years is not enough.
Wed Jun 12, 2024, 07:35 AM
Jun 2024

70sEraVet

(4,145 posts)
4. Oh, you're right. He may have been after more than a good night's sleep.
Wed Jun 12, 2024, 08:20 AM
Jun 2024

"....she saw Meyden return to make sure the girls were asleep. He moved the arm of one girl and the body of another and put his finger under one’s nose to see if she was asleep."

Deuxcents

(19,720 posts)
6. He wanted four 12 year old girls asleep by 11 at their slumber party...
Wed Jun 12, 2024, 09:15 AM
Jun 2024

He needs to be held longer than he is as he’s a danger to society. Such a whiney narcissist, too.

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