Father accused of drugging his 12-year-old daughter's friends with benzo-laced smoothies had a 'creepy obsession' with kids for years, coworkers reveal

Co-workers of nan Oregon quality resources head accused of drugging his daughter's pre-teen friends pinch spiked smoothies astatine a sleepover said he'd shown 'creepy' behaviour successful nan past. 

Michael Meyden, 57, was released connected $50,000 bail successful March aft being charged pinch aggregate felonies erstwhile nan 12-year-olds tested affirmative for benzodiazepines successful hospital.

Now, his co-workers are speaking retired astir Meyden, saying his liking successful their children would make them uncomfortable.

One workfellow said: 'He ever wanted to cognize astir our families. He'd inquire astir my kids, really aged they are, what extracurriculars they liked. Then he'd show maine what his kids were up to. It seemed really guiltless astatine nan time.'

However, nan unnamed co-worker began to spot nan sinister side, pinch Meyden going arsenic acold arsenic 'liking' his daughter's cheerleading photos connected Facebook.

'He would inquire questions astir her, he knew my kids names and ages. He kept way of that stuff. I thought he was conscionable being nice.' 

Meyden moreover had a estimation astir his agency for being happy and jovial and willing successful everyone, according to nan New York Post.  

The stories regarding Meyden's behaviour astir children person shocked those who knew him. He has pleaded not guilty. 

One terrified woman who had refused nan smoothies desperately tried to support her unconscious friends safe from battle astatine nan statement successful August, a tribunal has heard.

She sent a bid of frantic matter messages pleading for rescue arsenic Meyden allegedly prowled nan location successful Lake Oswego, Oregon, to spot if nan tranquilizers had taken effect.

'Mom please prime maine up and opportunity I had a family emergency,' I don't consciousness safe,' she wrote arsenic Meyden returned upstairs briefly.

'I mightiness not respond but please travel get me. Please. Please prime up. Please. PLEASE!!'

Meyden’s now deleted LinkedIn floor plan identifies him arsenic an Arizona State University postgraduate who worked for power institution Avangrid.

He and his woman Yukiko Ishida-Meyer shared nan $1.3million location successful Lake Oswego but revenge for divorcement successful October past twelvemonth and his existent reside is listed arsenic an RV parkland successful Vancouver.

The 3 girls had joined Meyden's girl for nan 'spa night' sleepover astatine his location connected August 26.

Meyden was 'highly involved' successful nan arena taking them retired to get their nails done and picking up pizza for their dinner, according to nan affidavit.

Before going to bed, Meyden allegedly made them 2 smoothies each and 'insisted' they portion them.

'Mr. Meyden specifically gave each of nan girls circumstantial colored reusable straws to separate their ain drink,' nan probable origin affidavit claims.

'Mr. Meyden was adamant that nan girls portion retired of their ain cups.'

One woman drank some her smoothies, and different woman drank 1 glass, but nan 3rd said she did not for illustration nan smoothies and hardly drank immoderate astatine all, constabulary say.

Authorities declare that 1 of nan girls said that nan drinks appeared to person 'tiny achromatic chunks;' successful them and that Meyden's ain girl appeared to person drunk a important amount.

The girls past retired to nan basement wherever 2 slept successful a chamber and nan others connected a pull-out couch.

The only undrugged woman remained awake and saw Meyden allegedly travel into nan basement and propulsion nan heavy drugged woman distant from her.

When he vanished upstairs, nan woman pulled her unconscious friend backmost adjacent to her only to find Meyden return and propulsion her distant again, nan affidavit says.

'He put his digit underneath nan chemoreceptor of nan awake woman 'as if to spot if she was soundly asleep, he past waved his manus successful beforehand of her face,' she told police.

As Meyden allegedly retreated, she began calling and texting her parents and was yet capable to scope a family friend, who picked her up and took her to her home.

As connection dispersed nan parents of nan different 2 girls arrived to retrieve their daughters astatine 3am, but Meyden was allegedly reluctant to fto them in, telling them their children were asleep.

The parents took nan girls to Randall Children's Hospital wherever they tested affirmative for benzodiazepines, tranquilizers much usually utilized to calm worry aliases arsenic a sleeping aid.

The woman who drank 2 smoothies told constabulary she began to consciousness woozy, basking and clumsy, soon aft finishing nan second.

She past 'blacked out' and fell into a 'thick, heavy sleep' dissimilar immoderate she had antecedently known, nan affidavit says.

Meyden has been charged pinch 3 felony counts of causing different personification to ingest a controlled substance, 3 felony counts of applying a schedule IV controlled constituent to nan assemblage of a insignificant and 3 misdemeanor counts of delivering to a insignificant a schedule IV controlled substance.

He surrendered astatine nan Clackamas County Jail successful March and pleaded not blameworthy astatine an arraignment proceeding connected Wednesday earlier being released connected $50,000 bail.

'Mr Meyden is presumed innocent,' his lawyer Mark Cogan said.

'We person not seen nan evidence. The indictment was issued by a expansive assemblage down closed doors wherever nary judge, nary defense attorney, was allowed.

'And we dream that group will reserve judgement until each nan facts are known.'

Meyden is owed backmost successful tribunal successful May.