State v. Hartley

{¶ 1} In these consolidated appeals, defendant-appellant, Pamela Hartley, challenges her convictions on three counts of endangering children 1 and three counts of misrepresentation by a child-care provider. 2

{¶ 2} Hartley, the director of a licensed child-daycare center, repeatedly gave young children under her care pills containing a supplement of the hormone melatonin to cause them to sleep in the afternoon. Although Hartley failed to disclose to the children’s parents that she was administering the supplement, she did not affirmatively misrepresent its use.

{¶ 3} For the reasons that…