Philadelphia

Chesco Mother Accused of Aiding Teen Heroin Use to Serve 4 to 10 Years

A suburban Philadelphia woman accused of helping to inject her daughter and another teenager with heroin has been sentenced to 4 to 10 years in prison.

The Daily Local News of West Chester reports that 34-year-old Jessica Lynn Riffey pleaded guilty in Chester County to charges of child endangerment, delivery of heroin and conspiracy.

Authorities alleged that the West Caln Township resident supplied the 14-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy with heroin and injected them multiple times last fall. District Attorney Thomas Hogan said the family lived in a trailer in which numerous people were using heroin.

Riffey's boyfriend is to be tried separately on charges that he supplied heroin for the teens to snort, and the plea agreement approved Tuesday calls for Riffey to testify against him.

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