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> US OH: Pair Found Guilty Of Letting Toddler Smoke Marijuana
> URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n1822/a07.html
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> Pubdate: Thu, 26 Sep 2002
> Source: Beacon Journal, The (OH)
> Copyright: 2002 The Beacon Journal Publishing Co.
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> PAIR FOUND GUILTY OF LETTING TODDLER SMOKE MARIJUANA
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> ELYRIA, Ohio - A man and a woman have been found guilty of giving
> marijuana to the woman's 2-year-old nephew.
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> Danielle Wells, 22, now of Columbus, and Terrence Craig, 21, of
> Lorain, were found guilty Thursday in Lorain County Common Pleas Court
> of providing Khairee Davis with a hollowed-out cigar filled with
> marijuana.
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> Wells was convicted of one count of complicity to corrupting another
> person with drugs and one misdemeanor count of assault. She faces a
> maximum sentence of 18 months in prison and a $5,000 fine.
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> Craig was found guilty of the same offenses and an additional count of
> corrupting another person with drugs. He could be sentenced to three
> years in prison and fined as much as $10,000.
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> Police said that in August 1999, Wells and Craig were in Wells'
> apartment with the boy and his baby sitter, Steven Rand, who was 14 at
> the time, and that all three took turns smoking the cigar.
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> Rand testified that when the cigar fell on the floor and Khairee
> picked it up, Wells urged Craig to let the child smoke it.
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> When Khairee's mother, Tanika Davis, came to pick up her son, she
> smelled marijuana in the apartment and called 911.
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> Assistant Prosecutor Vasile Katsaros said the child tested positive
> for marijuana after being taken to EMH Regional Medical Center.
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> During the trial, Katsaros said a police officer smelled marijuana on
> the toddler's breath and clothing in the hospital.
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> "The baby looked to him to be numb and lethargic," Katsaros said.
> "He's 2 1/2 years old and he's stoned."
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> A physician testified that Khairee's urine levels showed that he
> either smoked marijuana or had marijuana smoke blown in his face.
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> Court officials said the child is in his father's custody.
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