MASON CITY – A Clear Lake man had a felony charge of child endangerment dismissed Monday, but pled guilty to misdemeanor child endangerment without injury after allowing his son to ingest marijuana smoke.
Nathaniel Gabrielson, age 25, was arrested in connection with a December 18, 2013 incident in Clear Lake involving his young son. Gabrielson was charged with felony C child endangerment causing serious injury and aggravated misdemeanor child endangerment with no injury after authorities alleged that his son was left in an unsupervised area and ingest marijuana smoke. The substance later showed up in the boy’s system when authorities conducted a test on him.
According to Gabrielson’s public Facebook page, he is engaged to a Clear Lake woman who gave birth to a child late last year who shares his name.
Judge Colleen Weiland sentenced Gabrielson as part of the plea deal to 365 days in jail with all but 50 days suspended, as well as a suspended $625 fine and 2 years of probation.
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Stoned Kids. Here have a look see. Kids are on cannabis for medicine. Don’t continue to be blind and ignorant North Iowa.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXKjRkkoIOU&list=PLDbSvEZka6GEVQZ9SUCeoqMg_UILoSHfJ
@Liberty-What a stupid name for someone like you who is smoking herself into bondage. No one is against MEDICAL MARIJUANA. It is the recreational crap we don’t want. There are enough brain dead people running around when it is illegal. Why in the hell would anyone in their right mined want to legalize it for recreational use? The first time some drugged out pot head ran into a family member of yours and killed them you would change your pot head mind in a hurry.
Wouldn’t this apply to alcohol also? There are a lot of brain-dead people running around from alcohol. And several thousand a year that are drunk and run into family members and kill them! The difference is this doesn’t change anyone’s mind on alcohol! As a society we promoted and encourage people to drink. How is alcohol any different than pot?
@Viking-You have just proven my point about enough brain dead people running around already. By the way, the last time I looked drinking alcohol to excess is illegal and they arrest people every day for it. It just show that humans are self destructive. Why would you want to put more temptation out there. Don’t even try to give me that crap about moderation. It doesn’t work with alcohol and it won’t work with pot.
I agree, it is just frustrating that when some idiot does something stupid or lawbreaking on pot or any other drug everyone blames the drug and not the idiot person but when some does the same thing with alcohol involved they seem to blame the person and act like the alcohol had nothing to do with it.
See? You want government to control our lives and temptations. A true communist.
Hey lucy, we missed you. Every post is an attack in some way or other and we miss that.
@Maybe-You just can’t fix STUPID and Lucy is STUPID. Nothing to offer except attacks and drugs. What do we expect from a dopper?
You can drink all the booze you want–“to excess”–as long as you stay in your house and don’t drive.
It’s not a crime at all.
Do you propose police having carte blanche to enter into any individual’s house and test them for alcohol use?
“You can drink all the booze you want–”to excess”–as long as you stay in your house and don’t drive. It’s not a crime at all.”
Did you steal that from Eric’s “state of the city” address?
Wish they would legalize pot for medical use. I take morpphine, tramadol, and oxycodone. I fought in a war and was hurt. There is no way I can work any more. Just wish I didnt have these problems.
I feel sorry for you, those drugs are very addictive and cause brain damage, liver and kidney damage long term. You should have other options. Less dangerous options. You can’t because of politics. That’s America for you and me…John Mellencamp
I was injured in Iraq so I take etodolac, tramadol, sumatriptan, and if the pain gets too great hydrocone. You might say I would be a good candidate for medical marijuana, but I won’t.
That’s because your a drugged up idiot.
you are so hard to follow, your biased opinion of me, without even knowing me, is laughable.
@Maybe-If you smoked pot you could end up being a worthless piece of garbage living in your mothers basement and sucking off the rest of society. At least you have your pride and don’t have to hide in a mud hut.
You wont take marijuana because it would be a reckoning for you, and you dont want to face or be reminded of what you have done. The sooner you smoke, the sooner you can repent, the sooner you will heal.
First of all, I am not saying that smoking pot is a sin. That being said even if it was, if I smoked it knowing that I was going to ask for forgiveness also knowing that I was going to continue smoking it. I am not sure that God would forgive me.
Michael J Fox , Cannabis and Parkinsons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En5HJBxstVk
like I said, I have no problems if the pot is prescribed by a doctor, it’s the people that abuse it that I have the problem with. You know the ones, the ones that sit in their parents basement smoking dope, playing video games, no job, dude is every other word.
So? Who cares what you think. You’re a moron.
Why is it your business if people sit in their basements smoking pot and playing video games.
Next, you’ll be all up in everybody’s business that sits in their basements drinking beer and watching football games.
Did I strike a nerve? The ones I am talking about are the ones that do not contribute to society, you can even add the people that do nothing but collect welfare, have no job, drink then drive. I have been there, lost loved ones to someone that was impaired so I have NO sympathy for any of them.
I’ve known plenty of productive people who smoke pot. I know plenty of unproductive people who don’t smoke pot.
Iowa can only wish its citizenry were as productive as those in Colorado or Washington.
Colorado and Washington are still up in the air. Only time will tell.
I’m not buying the fake outrage.
2nd hand cannabis smoke is much less harmful than tobacco smoke and many or your parents smoked, even when they were pregnant not to mention drinking while pregnant. Let’s see even more outrage for that. But no, because you’ve all been brainwashed over the decades, made to believe pot is worse. News flash, our own cannabinoid endocrine system produces THC. It’s a regulator, it does not produce nicotine or alcohol or meth.
who’s showing outrage, you showing outrage LVS? Well I know this for sure tonya, your parents smoked pot
@Maybe-the only thing that outrages me is these bottom feeders that are so drugged out they think they can compete with normal people. They are so damn stupid they can’t do anything but post links to left wing sites. Of course the liberals like them dumbed down so they will vote for them. To stupid to know anything else. Tonya and Joel are prime examples of pot heads.
Where’s that liberal drug idiot that’s normally spouting off here??? What’s wrong with a little mj with your morning bottle?? I’m sure when he gets older he’ll be a fine upstanding an contributing member of society!!!
He is stoned right now, studies have shown that people that smoke pot on a regular basis are of no use to society. Batter up.
@Maybe-hell, never sobers up. That is what all the drug using freaks do.
@maybe-exposing child to that-bad.
“people that smoke pot on a regular basis are of no use to society”
Among others, these guys smoked pot
Francis Crick-Won a Nobel Prize for figuring out the double-helix structure of DNA.
Andrew Weil-medical and biology degrees from Harvard,widely acknowledged expert on medicinal herbs, alternative medicines.
Kary Mullins-Another Nobel Prize winner,he invented the polymerase chain reaction.
Richard Feynman-Physicist who helped design the atomic bomb.
I agree that children around drugs, very bad. I would guess that the majority of pot users see that making it legal for medication as a way for them to get it without medicinal uses. I have nothing against making it legal for those that need it, cancer, seizers and such. It’s these pot heads that will take advantage of the system that I have the problem with.
@BCN-There are exceptions to every rule. I am pretty sure he is talking about the pot headed, heavy users.
Wow. You were able to come up with four names out of 23milliom potheads.. Let me help you out with a couple you forgot that I’m sure your proud of also!! Billy Clinton and barrack Obama. God are we blessed with potheads or what!!!
You are pulling names from the bottom of the pile, nothing to be proud of.
Carl Sagan, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Steve Jobs, Miley Cyrus, the list is endless because most people do and it’s none of your business if they do!
You are right, it isn’t any of my business any of my business, until they space out and run a stop sign and kill someone. By the way, of all the names I have been called, moron isn’t that bad. Try again.
If someone runs a light and is drunk, should every drinker go to jail and be arrested?
absolutely, and they do 99.9% of the time.
Every drinker everywhere you drugged up moron.
@Maybe-Just look at who is calling you a drugged out moron? The biggest drug addled pot head that post on here. Someone has to be helping Tonya with her spelling because she is not smart enough or sober enough to do it on her own. They couldn’t kiss your butt as low as they are so just blow the dopeheads off. Nothing they say has been proven. As a mater of fact the vaping they like to do has been proven extremely bad for their health. With any luck they will catch a uncurable disease and be…
No problem LVS, just lol at your pot meets kettle spelling hypocrisy
Whats wrong with this dip stick? His oil must be running alittle low. Maybe his battery needs some life, lets have him drink some battery acid and see how he reacts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a IDIOT.
More rabid kookiness from the North Iowa crazies.
I’m talking about the long jail sentence. Giving the boy refined sugar and junk food is harder on him.
If pot were legalized, just think of all the nonproductive folks in law enforcement like LVS who would never have had the opportunity to support themselves off the taxpayer’s teat.From NIT staff: We do not need this kind of comment. Please contribute in a less-attacking fashion. Thanks.