2 sentenced for sharing marijuana with toddler

The Columbus Distpatch ^ | Friday, November 15, 2002 | The Associated Press

[Printers Angel]

ELYRIA, Ohio (AP) -- A woman has been sentenced to three years of probation for smoking marijuana with her 2-year-old nephew.

Her friend was sentenced to four months in jail, three years of probation and 30 days in a work-release program. He is accused of rolling the pot and getting high with the toddler.

Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Mark Betleski said he gave Terrence Craig, 22, of Elyria, a harsher sentence than Danielle Wells, 22, because of previous run-ins with the law.

In September, Wells -- who now lives in Columbus -- was convicted of corrupting and assaulting the toddler, Khairee Davis. Craig was found guilty of the same offenses and additional count of corrupting another person -- a 14-year-old neighbor -- with drugs.

Police said that in August 1999, Wells and Craig were in Wells' apartment with the boy and his baby sitter, Steven Rand, now 17, and that all three took turns smoking a cigar filled with marijuana.

When Khairee's mother, Tanika Davis, returned to the apartment, she found him slumped on the floor and took him to the hospital. His urine tested positive for the drug.

Wells and Craig both maintain they are not guilty. Khairee now lives with his father.

Betleski said he considered testimony during the trial that the child was familiar with marijuana. The fact that Khairee "just took it and toked it'' showed he was familiar with the process, the judge said.

[Printers Angel]

Some people are so friggin stupid!

[duckman]

Look for more of this when pot becomes legal.

[steve50]

Look for more of this when pot becomes legal.

I doubt it. Don't think the end of prohibition increased the number of alcoholic idiot parents in the nation

[Maceman]

I support legalization of marijuana. But what these people did is outrageous and criminal child abuse.

[HadEnough]

Another welfare family living on Uncle Sam's guv'munt plantation. By the way, I am sure that "Massa Sam" also "functions" as Tanika's boyfriend and Khairee surrogate father too.

Thirty years, 5 trillion dollars in handouts extorted from hard-working taxpayers....and this is the result. Add to this case of abusive insanity, 70% of the children born out of wedlock and a juvenile crime (murder) rate that continues to soar.

Massa Sam is such a GREAT father and plantation owner!!

[That Subliminal Kid]

Hahahahahaha.. you can't be serious. The number of alcoholics in America sky-rocketed after the end of prohibition. Try reading a history book.

[dead]

Look for more of this when pot becomes legal.

And less gun ownership restrictions will result in more parents shooting their kids.

Nice logic, Einstein.

[laredo44]

Look for more of this when pot becomes legal.

Ridiculous hyperbole weaken, not strengthen, arguments.

[That Subliminal Kid]

Be careful.. all the fire breathing, knuckle dragging primates also known as Loonytarians are going to start throwing feces at you like a pack of howling monkeys.. You treaded on their pet issue! Smoking crack is a God given right man! Don't you get it? LOL!

[Skooz]

Wow. That didn't take long.

[Skooz]

Too late.

[Xenalyte]

Um, NOT. I would never allow that in the house with a child.

[wardaddy]

They got off light. Why couldn't they have just been happy to "shotgun" the family cat or dog.

[That Subliminal Kid]

And thank God, everyone is as responsible as you are! /sarcasm off.

[Skooz]

LOL! I have some stories about that.

Boogy, my best friend's Boxer and my old cat Guido were stoners.

[Lassiter]

Wait a sec, I thought that pot was totally harmless. And the Libertarians tell us that everything should be legal so long as it doesn't hurt anyone. What's the problem, Libs? Get them hooked early!

[AxelPaulsenJr]

I wonder what FreeTally, Hemingways Ghost, chances-38,Paxmacian and the other usual pro pot-head posters have to say about this report?

I can hear Paxmac now, "God made herb, herb is good, herb is good for toddlers."

[steve50]

Really didn't need pinged for the usual character attack-straw man routine.

It's clearly an act of poor parenting, as giving a toddler alcoholic beverages would be

[AdA$tra]

Look for more of this when pot becomes legal.

What an obtuse statement.

[Freedom2specul8]

Stupid Idiots!!! Talk about needing smacked... grrr