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<p>NANTICOKE &#8212; An investigation into the November death of a 9-day-old girl is continuing, Nanticoke Police Chief Thomas Wall said Thursday.</p><p>In December, Wall told the Times Leader that officers were dispatched to an East Union Street residence Nov. 20 after a report of an unresponsive infant. First responders attempted CPR on the baby, and she was taken to Geisinger Wyoming Valley in Plains Township, where she was pronounced dead.</p><p>Wall said Thursday that officers are awaiting toxicology and other results on the infant, whose name has not been released. Wall declined to comment further, citing the active investigation.</p><p>Autopsies are routinely performed in infant deaths, according to officials at the Luzerne County Coroner&#8217;s Office. No one has been charged in the 9-day-old&#8217;s death.</p><p>The infant&#8217;s mother, Sydney Simon, 26, declined to comment Thursday about her daughter&#8217;s case, citing instructions from her attorney. That attorney, Timothy Thomas Vancosky, could not be reached for comment.</p><p>In an unrelated case, Simon was arraigned Dec. 29 on charges she had controlled substances in her possession while she was in the Luzerne County prison on a domestic violence charge stemming from a Dec. 18 incident. The domestic charge has since been dismissed.</p><p>According to a court docket, Simon pleaded guilty to a single charge of use or possession of drug paraphernalia in connection with the possession case, in which prison officials said they found a bag hidden in her bra that contained controlled substances.</p><p>Police said that inside the bag was one empty capsule of Adderall, one Tramadol, 34 capsules of Klonopin and one Flexeril.</p><p>Court dockets indicate she was sentenced to one year of probation on Jan. 18.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Travis Kellar</p><p>tkellar@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Travis Kellar at 570-991-6389 or on Twitter @TLNews</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Death of 9-day-old infant still under investigation in Nanticoke