Roaring Spring Woman Charged with Endangering Child

A Roaring Spring woman is in jail following her arrest on two second-degree felony charges of endangering the welfare of children.

Jamie Sprirdigliozzi, 43, of Roaring Spring, was arrested by Roaring Spring Police following an investigation involving her 14-year-old son.

Roaring Spring Police were called to an apartment at Roaring Spring Commons on Feb. 1 to do a welfare check. According to police reports, the request came from the grandmother of a 14-year-old boy who she believed was high on methamphetamine.

The boy who opened the door, believed to be the brother of the subject of the welfare check, invited the police to come into the apartment. Upon entering, police saw the 14-year-old boy they were to check on sitting on the couch. The brother explained that he had called his sister, who then called the grandmother.

When asked where their mother was, the officer was told she was sleeping and was led down the hallway to her room. The mother, who had been awakened, was known to the officer as Jamie Spiridigliozzi. The officer explained the reason for the visit by police.

Police said that Spiridigliozzi then became verbally abusive to the boy who had made the phone call, asking him several times why he called the grandmother instead of just telling her.

According to police, Spiridigliozzi took police to the 14-year-old's room, where his brother stated he had seen the drugs. On entering the boy's room, the officer saw aluminum foil with burnt residue in plain view. The boy admitted that there was no more substance left because he had used it all. When asked, the boy stated that he last used the substance believed to be meth last night.

Police were concerned for the boy's safety as his pupils were dilated and unresponsive to light and there was a layer of sweat on his face, all consistent with methamphetamine use. EMS was called to the apartment.

Police noted that during their check of the boy, Spiridigliozzi continued her verbal assault on the victim's brother, which was carried over to the EMS team when they arrived.

Paramedics tried to persuade the uncooperative Spiridigliozzi to allow the boy to be transported to the hospital to be further evaluated. She stated that the boy was fine and was heard several times claiming to be "in a bad legal standpoint."

When it was learned that the grandmother had full custody over the boy victim and Spiridigliozzi only had parental visitation rights, the police called the grandmother and received permission to transport the boy to UPMC Altoona.

The boy's brother was taken to the Roaring Spring Police Department to escape the verbal abuse of Spiridigliozzi until his father could pick him up.

On Feb. 2 police received a phone call from the father of the boy, stating they were still at UPMC. He stated that the boy told him that Spiridigliozzi gave him the meth.

The lab results showed a positive result for methamphetamine, according to police.

A meeting was set with the Child Advocacy Center (CAC) through Assistant District Attorney Derek Elensky, the DA's child abuse prosecutor.

At the Feb. 26 meeting with the CAC, the 14-year-old boy stated that his mother had introduced him to methamphetamine and showed him how to use it. She wanted him to snort it but he opted to smoke it.

His mother then crushed some and snorted it, according to police reports. He then went to his room and claimed he smoked it roughly every hour, going back four times throughout the night to get more from his mother when he ran out. He stayed up all night until his brother came home in the morning from a friend's house.

The victim's brother stated that their mother would always buy them cigars for "blunt" wraps and she would always give them money for marijuana if they didn't have any, according to police.

The victim's brother also claimed that they would smoke marijuana with their friends at Spiridigliozzi's house and she would smoke marijuana with them.

The victim's brother stated that when the victim told him that his mother had given him the meth, he "snapped" and claimed he wanted "out of there."

Spiridigliozzi is facing two second-degree felony charges of endangering the welfare of children, felony charges of manufacture, delivery or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver and a first-degree misdemeanor charge of corruption of minors.

Bail was set at $50,000 unsecured.

A formal arraignment is set for 8:30 a.m., April 9, 2020, at the Blair County Courthouse. The Honorable Jackie Bernard will preside.