Libby woman accused of endangering baby, meth possession

A Libby woman is facing charges after she allegedly bit her boyfriend and had bloody syringes in the presence of her 16-month-old child during a recent incident.

Cricket Ann Orsborn, 34, was initially held on $35,000 bail in the Lincoln County Detention Center on charges including child endangerment, criminal possession of dangerous drugs, partner or family member assault, causing bodily injury, and criminal possession of drug paraphernalia. She has since posted the bail.

The case began just after midnight Saturday, Dec. 16, when county Sheriff’s Office Deputy Luke Hauke responded to a home on Kootenai River Road.

In Hauke’s probable cause statement, he wrote that Orsborn is in an intimate relationship with a 31-year-old man and they live in the same home with their 1-year-old child. 

Hauke reported that Orsborn bit the man on the neck, leaving a visible injury larger than a quarter. The man told the officer that Orsborn took his loaded Glock handgun. When Hauke attempted to arrest Orsborn, he said she was sitting on a couch with the baby. The officer found two open-top hand bags hidden on the couch. The hand bags allegedly held several used syringes and baggies with white residue.

Officer Hauke reported Orsborn was trying to reach behind next to and behind her in an apparent attempt to move something, which he believed was the missing handgun. He also reported one hand bag held 71 syringes, most of which had been used and some of which still contained blood. 

When the blood was field tested, it was positive for methamphetamine. Officer Hauke reported that after he read Orsborn her rights, she allegedly said the bags containing the drugs and paraphernalia belonged to her and not her boyfriend. 

Also, in Officer Hauke’s statement, the boyfriend said Orsborn spends a lot of time on the couch with the baby and that there were kids’ toys in the living area where the couch is located where the drugs and paraphernalia was allegedly found.

Hauke reported Orsborn has a 2018 conviction for possession of dangerous drugs. According to a Nov. 7, 2017, story in The Western News, Orsborn pleaded not guilty to two felony charges of criminal possession of dangerous drugs and one felony charge of criminal possession of dangerous drugs with intent to distribute.

A search of a vehicle she was in on Oct. 20, 2017, turned up 52.9 grams of meth in a purse she was holding. After she was released from custody, it was revoked because her drug patch results were positive for drug use on three occasions. According to court documents, she pleaded guilty to drug possession. A plea deal called for a 4-year suspended sentence.

Convictions for dangerous drug possession and child endangerment may result in a 5-year prison term. A conviction for misdemeanor partner assault may result in a 1-year term in the county jail.