Pueblo Woman Accused Of Injecting Nephew With Opium

A Pueblo woman’s contact with her teen nephew leaves her facing charges of possession of a controlled substance, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and violating a protection order.

Diana Larimore, 41, was arrested Tuesday night at her mother’s home on Moore Avenue. Earlier that day, police responded to a report of a narcotics violation at Parkview Medical Center.

According to the arrest affidavit, the teen’s father said Larimore had injected the boy with heroin, which police later determined to be opium. The father also said he later found two syringes filled with opium in his son’s backpack. The extent of the teen’s injuries is unclear. He is a student at Centennial High School.

The affidavit states that Larimore has a history of substance abuse and had been trying to get her nephew to take illegal drugs, which was why a judge had previously issued a protection order that she stay away from her nephew and his family.

In the affidavit, Larimore contacted her nephew on Tuesday and met him at the school. The affidavit doesn’t specify whether the meeting took place inside the school, outside the school, or nearby off school grounds. However, in the affidavit, Larimore mentioned a relative who is in prison for illegal drug use and told her nephew, “I know how to get you into trouble.”

Larimore, the affidavit reads, told her nephew that they were going to “shoot heroin together,” and he said he didn’t want to be a snitch. Larimore then applied a tourniquet to his right bicep and used a syringe to inject opium.

The nephew confessed in the document that he had experimented previously with illegal drugs, was trying to stop using them and wanted no further contact with his aunt.

Police were unavailable to discuss the case on Friday.

Greg Sinn, spokesman for School District 60, said he hadn’t heard of the incident.