2 SENTENCED FOR SHARING MARIJUANA WITH TODDLER

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.