Mom convicted of smoking pot near her tot
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A 22-year-old Beeville woman accused of smoking marijuana while holding her 17-month-old child in her lap was sentenced Tuesday to seven years probation.
A plea bargain agreement arranged with the district attorney’s office also requires Tabitha Elizabeth Treviño to pay a $2,000 fine.
Treviño was charged with two counts of providing marijuana to a child under the age of 15, each one a second degree felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
According to court records, she provided marijuana to a 13-year-old girl on at least two occasions.
The girl told a sheriff’s department investigator that Treviño taught her how to smoke the marijuana.
The girl’s brother heard about the incident from a friend and he told his mother, who told authorities, according to court records.
Treviño also was charged with one count of endangering a child, a state jail felony offense punishable by up to two years in a state jail and a $10,000 fine. Court records revealed that Treviño and two others were smoking marijuana in the upstairs bedroom of her apartment on more than one occasion while her infant child was nearby.
Investigator Steve Martin said the infant was 17 months old at the time.
Witnesses told the Martin that they didn’t like the idea of smoking marijuana near the child but Treviño continued to do so anyway.
“Tabitha said it was OK, and even picked up the baby and set her in her lap while she was smoking the joint,” one witness told the investigator.
Another witness said she asked Treviño why she smoked marijuana near the infant and Treviño appeared shamed.
One witness said the infant was coughing, apparently from exposure to the marijuana smoke.
The baby didn’t appear to have a cold at the time, the witness said.
Treviño was placed on five years probation in connection with the charge of endangering a child. She will serve both terms of probation concurrently, which means at the same time.
The plea bargain called for Treviño to plead guilty to all three counts in exchange for a lighter sentence.
Treviño’s son and daughter are presently living with relatives and to see them she must comply with conditions set out by Child Protective Services.
Assistant District Attorney Deborah Branch prosecuted the case on behalf of the state. Sita Stone was appointed to represent Treviño.
After finding Treviño guilty on all three counts, District Court Judge Mike Welborn agreed to follow the recommendations of the adult probation department and place Treviño in an in-patient substance abuse and restitution facility where she could get counseling for her substance abuse problems and work to pay off the fine and court costs.
Welborn also ordered Treviño to be confined in county jail until space is open at the Coastal Bend Substance Abuse Center in Sinton.
Treviño wept as she left the courtroom.
A plea bargain agreement arranged with the district attorney’s office also requires Tabitha Elizabeth Treviño to pay a $2,000 fine.
Treviño was charged with two counts of providing marijuana to a child under the age of 15, each one a second degree felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
According to court records, she provided marijuana to a 13-year-old girl on at least two occasions.
The girl told a sheriff’s department investigator that Treviño taught her how to smoke the marijuana.
The girl’s brother heard about the incident from a friend and he told his mother, who told authorities, according to court records.
Treviño also was charged with one count of endangering a child, a state jail felony offense punishable by up to two years in a state jail and a $10,000 fine. Court records revealed that Treviño and two others were smoking marijuana in the upstairs bedroom of her apartment on more than one occasion while her infant child was nearby.
Investigator Steve Martin said the infant was 17 months old at the time.
Witnesses told the Martin that they didn’t like the idea of smoking marijuana near the child but Treviño continued to do so anyway.
“Tabitha said it was OK, and even picked up the baby and set her in her lap while she was smoking the joint,” one witness told the investigator.
Another witness said she asked Treviño why she smoked marijuana near the infant and Treviño appeared shamed.
One witness said the infant was coughing, apparently from exposure to the marijuana smoke.
The baby didn’t appear to have a cold at the time, the witness said.
Treviño was placed on five years probation in connection with the charge of endangering a child. She will serve both terms of probation concurrently, which means at the same time.
The plea bargain called for Treviño to plead guilty to all three counts in exchange for a lighter sentence.
Treviño’s son and daughter are presently living with relatives and to see them she must comply with conditions set out by Child Protective Services.
Assistant District Attorney Deborah Branch prosecuted the case on behalf of the state. Sita Stone was appointed to represent Treviño.
After finding Treviño guilty on all three counts, District Court Judge Mike Welborn agreed to follow the recommendations of the adult probation department and place Treviño in an in-patient substance abuse and restitution facility where she could get counseling for her substance abuse problems and work to pay off the fine and court costs.
Welborn also ordered Treviño to be confined in county jail until space is open at the Coastal Bend Substance Abuse Center in Sinton.
Treviño wept as she left the courtroom.
God help her son and daughter as it does not appear that she nor their Dad(s)? Will.
Course the taxpayer is on the hook for the whole mess now and in the future.