A Grand Forks man, whose 9-year-old son found a marijuana-laced cookie in his kitchen and ate it, was sentenced Tuesday in state District Court in Grand Forks.
Nathan Bazey, 26, reached a plea agreement to reduce the charge from a Class C felony of child neglect to a misdemeanor for reckless endangerment.
Judge Sonja Clapp sentenced Bazey to 90 days in the Grand Forks County Corrections Center with all but eight suspended. Bazey received credit for one day and will serve the other seven over the next two weekends. He was also placed on two years of unsupervised probatin.
Court documents said Bazey told an investigator he knew the cookie was in the cupboard but didn't learn the child had eaten it until later. Assistant States Attorney Chris Griffin told the court the state received a letter from the child's mother saying she never wanted criminal charges to be filed. Griffin said the state didn't find intent on Bazey's part.
The incident occurred in November and a report from social services prompted a police investigation.
