A Michigan mother is headed to jail after admitting she repeatedly gave her three young children THC gummies to keep them “calm” during visits so she could have what a judge described as “personal time.”
Stephany Leanette Mogg, 34, was sentenced Monday in Saginaw County to 12 months in a state correctional facility after pleading no contest to three counts of third-degree child abuse, a felony. Court records show she will also serve two years of probation following her release and must abstain from drugs and alcohol. The judge credited her with five days already served.
At the time of the incidents, the children were 6, 10, and 11 years old. Their father, Mogg’s ex-husband, had primary custody, and she had only recently been granted overnight visitation.
The case began in March 2025, when the father called 911 after picking up the children and noticing they were acting unusually “giggly” and out of sorts. When he questioned them, they reportedly told him their mother had given them THC-infused gummies. All three children later tested positive for THC at a medical facility.
During forensic interviews the following week, the children told investigators that their mother had given them the gummies multiple times, beginning a few months after overnight visits started.
Authorities issued a warrant for Mogg’s arrest in August 2025.
At sentencing, Saginaw County Circuit Judge Manvel Trice III outlined what the children experienced after ingesting the gummies, including uncontrolled laughing, increased hunger, drowsiness, and difficulty functioning at school.
“Fortunately, the outcome here was not more severe than that,” the judge said in court, according to local reports. “Certainly, it does not lessen the seriousness of the conduct.”
The judge added that his understanding was Mogg provided the gummies in order to calm the children so she could have time to herself.
Prosecutors argued that jail time was appropriate given the seriousness of the offenses. Mogg’s defense attorney said she was taking responsibility for her actions and hoped to rebuild her relationship with her children.
After the hearing, Mogg — who had been free on bond — was taken into custody to begin serving her sentence.