Two people have been booked on several charges after they were found unconscious in a vehicle and suspected of using fentanyl with two children also present, Surprise police said Monday.

Officers responded to a welfare check just before midnight Sept. 27 at a parking lot near Waddell Road and Sarival Avenue where they found Keon Sipple and Czarine Madueno in the front seats of a vehicle. There were signs of suspected fentanyl use, including foil with residue and melted straws, according to a Surprise Police Department release.

The children inside the vehicle were taken to a hospital for evaluation due to potential drug exposure. They are OK, police said, and the Department of Child Safety has been notified.

Sipple and Madueno were taken into custody and booked on two counts each of child abuse and child endangerment along with possession of drug paraphernalia, police said.

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