2nd Ohio church day care worker convicted of giving children sleep supplement in their candy
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A former Ohio church day care worker has been convicted of endangering children by slipping a dietary supplement into candy to get them to sleep.
Forty-two-year-old Cincinnati resident Donna Scott faces sentencing Sept. 15 on three counts of child endangering, carrying a maximum possible penalty of six months in jail.
Prosecutors say she and a co-worker wanted the children to sleep to make their jobs easier and gave them melatonin, a naturally occurring hormone whose possible side effects in supplement form include dizziness and nightmares.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Scott's attorney told jurors she used poor judgment and parents were right to be upset. But he contended she didn't commit a crime.
The other worker was sentenced to six months in jail after convictions for child endangering and misrepresentation by a child care provider.