By David Moye
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A Pennsylvania man’s alleged and ill-conceived attempt to keep his teenage sister off drugs has backfired in multiple ways. The brother is behind bars and his 14-year-old sister was high in school, according to reports.
Matthew Robbins, 32, was arrested Friday on child endangerment charges for allegedly giving his kid sibling heroin so she’d learn the dangers of the drug and avoid it later on.
Authorities started investigating Robbins in late January when police were called to a high school in Edgemont Township, to deal with two girls, ages 14 and 16, who staff members said were intoxicated, according to NBC Philadelphia.
The two girls allegedly told a staff member that they took heroin given to them by the suspect. A search of the girls’ belongings found no controlled substances.
The girls were taken to a local hospital for evaluation which is where State Trooper Peter Strzelecki spoke with Robbins’ sister and his mother.