Posted on 10/11/2005 2:40:42 PM PDT by Cagey
Waukesha - A father has been charged with two crimes after his 5-year-old daughter got sick after eating marijuana-laced brownies she found in the family's home.
On Saturday night, the girl's father, 24, of Waukesha, dropped his daughter off at his mother's home because he was going to a concert in Milwaukee, said police Capt. Mike Babe.
Babe gave this account:
Later that evening, the grandmother noticed the child was lethargic, her pupils were dilated and she was acting "strangely." She also had what the grandmother called an "unusual appetite."
When the girl said she had eaten brownies that were on top of the stove at home, the grandmother took the child to the emergency room at Waukesha Memorial Hospital. Police were called to the hospital at 1:51 a.m. Sunday, after tests came back positive for the presence of marijuana in the girl's bloodstream.
The father, who is not being named to protect the child's identity, was arrested at the hospital, and then charged Monday with felonious possession of marijuana, as a second offense, and with misdemeanor obstruction of an officer, according to court records.
Child released from hospital The girl was treated and released from the hospital.
The maximum penalties, if the father is convicted, are 18 months in prison on the felony count plus two years of extended supervision, and nine months in jail on the misdemeanor count. Each charge also carries a maximum $10,000 fine.
Waukesha County Circuit Judge Ralph Ramirez set a $2,500 signature bond and ordered the father not to reside in the same household as his daughter, not to have any violent contact with the girl and not to possess or consume any alcohol or drugs, according to court records.
A preliminary hearing is set for Oct. 19.
Assistant District Attorney Lloyd Carter said the case has been sent back to Waukesha police for further investigation, which could lead to further charges, including child neglect.
"We're looking at this as a very serious situation," Carter said.
Boogity boogity boogity...
Uh, what kind of treatment would that be?
It's been 25 years for me, but "hash" brownies will kick your ass.
Breakfast of Champions at an all day, outdoor Bluegrass Festival.
My guess is Cheetos and Butter Pecan Ice Cream.
I agree, however, million of kids have ready access to liquor kept in the home, and generally it's not under lock and key. Unlike pot, alcohol can readily kill a kid.
Depends on how good the weed is.
Putting the weed in brownies is equivilent of storing your liquor in a pop bottle, or mixed with the jug of Kool-Ade.
It isn't the possession that is the problem; it is the "storage" method that is the problem here.
Reminds me of when my dad put Ex-Lax in the Hershey's wrapper, then TOLD his Bedouin laborers that it was "his medicine" and that it WOULD make them sick if they stole & ate it. He never had his candy bars stolen from his lunchbox again!
You clearly haven't tasted some of the premixed liquor in beer sized bottles with the cool beach pictures on them. They taste like KoolAid too. No joke. A kid could drink 3 of them and be wasted.
I knew that someone would have to whine about the unfairness.
Oh, I know how easy it is these days for kids, however,a five year old opening a bottle of alcohol and liking the taste is a bit different than finding and eating a chocolate brownie laced with a drug.
These alcohol pops are supposed to be cold, kept in the fridge. That's why I said, this stuff is laying around in millions fridges. And I am sure, people don't put locks on their fridges.
Know what I mean?
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