Show and tell bags mommy

A 30-year-old mother has been charged with reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child after her three-year-old son allegedly brought 14 bags of marijuana to his day care center.
Zaire Kearsley, who weighs a mere 40 pounds and stands a little over three feet in height, was observed by a teacher’s aide at the Myrtle Jarmon Child Care Center in Jamaica on Wednesday, December 5 with “13 Ziploc bags of marijuana and $20 . . . contained in a large glassine bag,” according to a criminal complaint.
The woman identified as Ingrid Braxton, told police that she took the items from the toddler and brought them to the Center’s Administrative Director, Lisa Martello-Lopez, who called the cops.
At the 113th Precinct in Jamaica, Zaire was seen with yet another bag of marijuana — bringing the total to 14. He allegedly told officers, “My mommy gave it to me.”
His mother, Dionne Kearsley, who lives in the Baisley Park Houses, was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment in the second degree and endangering the welfare of a child. If convicted, she faces up to a year in prison or a $1,000 fine.
According to the criminal complaint, she “knowingly act[ed] in a manner likely to be injurious to the physical, mental or moral welfare of a child less than 17 years old . . .”
She pleaded not guilty to the charges. Her bail has been set at $2,500, and, as of Friday, December 7, she had not posted that amount.
Kearsley, along with her brother Damon Kearsley, 36, was previously arrested in 1998 in a drug sweep at the housing complex. At the time, she pleaded guilty to criminal use of drug paraphernalia.
When contacted by The Queens Courier, an Assistant Director at the Myrtle Jarmon Child Care Center, identified only as “Miss Bridget” said, “I have no comment, goodbye.”
Bob [no last name given] who lives in the Baisley Park Houses, said the incident has been a hot topic since the news broke late last week. He added he was “shocked” and “amazed” when he first heard.
He went on to say that the complex had a drug problem in the late 1980s, but that “today it has no more of a problem than any other neighborhood.”
With additional reporting by Alex Lang