Oregon man who drugged daughter’s friends with insomnia medication at sleepover gets prison term

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man who drugged his daughter’s friends with a sleeping medication after they didn’t go to bed during a sleepover was sentenced to two years in prison. The Oregonian reports that Michael Meyden, a 57-year-old from the Portland suburb of Lake Oswego, apologized during his sentencing Monday, He pleaded guilty to three felony counts of causing another person to ingest a controlled substance. He said he planned a fun and memorable sleepover last summer for his daughter and three of her friends, all age 12, but they didn’t go to bed by 11 p.m. as he wanted. Authorities say Meyden laced fruit smoothies with a sleeping medication. One girl didn’t drink it and sought help.