FILE - This booking photo released Wednesday, March 8, 2017, by the Concord, N.H., Police Department shows Felicia Farruggia, arrested about six months after she had demanded to be injected with heroin and methamphetamine while in labor with her son in September 2016. Farruggia has pleaded guilty to reckless conduct and has been sentenced to a year in jail. Farruggia told the court Wednesday, June 21, 2017 that drug addiction made her lose sight of everything that was important, but she said she’s committed to being a better person.(Concord Police Department via AP) A

Woman in labour who demanded drug injection gets jail time

CONCORD, N.H. – A New Hampshire woman in labour who demanded that a friend inject her with heroin and methamphetamine has pleaded guilty to reckless conduct and has been sentenced to a year in jail.

Police in Concord arrested 29-year-old Felicia Farruggia, of Concord, about six months after her son was born in September. He is in state custody.

WMUR-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2srr54C) Farruggia told the court Wednesday that drug addiction made her lose sight of everything that was important, but she said she’s committed to being a better person.

Farruggia can get out earlier if she completes a drug treatment program.

The case against the woman accused of giving Farruggia the injection is ongoing.

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